For the first eight innings of Thursday's contest against the St. Louis Cardinals, the absence of Shohei Ohtani in the starting lineup was emphatically felt.
Ohtani had went 0-4 with four strikeouts during Wednesday's 8-6 extra-inning loss to St. Louis, and the Dodgers decided to give him the night off. Although the offense floundered throughout most of Thursday, they were able to string together a ninth inning rally to walk off St. Louis 3-2.
As the Dodgers prepare to host the Washington Nationals for three games, the question of whether Ohtani will be back in the lineup or not remains undecided. Sonja Chen of MLB.com notes that a move to the injured list for the two-way superstar is unlikely, but the team will monitor his health over the final 22 games of the regular season.
"Right now, I would consider it unlikely," Roberts said. "Unlikely, but not impossible."
"I think it's up to us to kind of figure out how we navigate these next three and a half, four weeks," Roberts said. "But I'm very confident that we'll see the guy we all expect to see."
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Ohtani had went 0-4 with four strikeouts during Wednesday's 8-6 extra-inning loss to St. Louis, and the Dodgers decided to give him the night off. Although the offense floundered throughout most of Thursday, they were able to string together a ninth inning rally to walk off St. Louis 3-2.
As the Dodgers prepare to host the Washington Nationals for three games, the question of whether Ohtani will be back in the lineup or not remains undecided. Sonja Chen of MLB.com notes that a move to the injured list for the two-way superstar is unlikely, but the team will monitor his health over the final 22 games of the regular season.
"Right now, I would consider it unlikely," Roberts said. "Unlikely, but not impossible."
"I think it's up to us to kind of figure out how we navigate these next three and a half, four weeks," Roberts said. "But I'm very confident that we'll see the guy we all expect to see."
#unlikely #roberts #four
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