US EditionDodgers’ Rushing to Have CT Scan Saturday After Suffering Knee Inury Friday in Loss to Orioles
Dalton Rushing suffered a right leg contusion after fouling a pitch, adding to Dodgers' catching injury issues with Will Smith also sidelined, prompting roster adjustments.
- During the Dodgers' 2-1 defeat to the Orioles in Baltimore on Friday, Dalton Rushing had to exit the game after injuring the lower part of his right leg.
- In the top of the sixth inning, Rushing injured his right knee after making contact with a pitch delivered by Orioles pitcher Kade Strowd, which led to his exit from the game.
- Rushing appeared in severe pain and was unable to stand on his leg as the Dodgers’ manager and medical staff quickly came to his aid and helped him leave the field.
- Rushing sustained a contusion on the lower part of his right leg and is scheduled for a CT scan tomorrow; Roberts mentioned that Ben Rortvedt will handle catching duties on Saturday while the team plans to add another catcher to the roster.
- The Dodgers now have both primary catchers injured, with Will Smith out this weekend recovering from a right hand bone bruise, raising concerns over catching depth.
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Pasadena Star News
Dodgers place Dalton Rushing on injured list with bone bruise in right leg
BALTIMORE – It was one of the harder balls Dalton Rushing has hit all season. “Yeah, 103 (mph),” Rushing said Saturday. “I barreled it right into my leg.” The foul ball during his sixth-inning at-bat Friday night left Rushing on the ground in pain. But X-rays that night and a CT scan Saturday revealed no fracture, just a significant “bone contusion to my tib-fib,” Rushing said. The rookie catcher was prepared to be told more bad news than that. …
Associated Press News
Dodgers' Rushing to have CT scan Saturday after suffering knee inury Friday in loss to Orioles
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing left Friday’s 2-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles after fouling a pitch off his leg in the top of the sixth inning.
With Rushing (right leg) sidelined, Dodgers to add another catcher
BALTIMORE -- The Dodgers appear likely to make another roster move behind the plate after rookie catcher and first baseman Dalton Rushing departed in the sixth inning of Friday’s 2-1 loss vs. the Orioles. Rushing fouled the ball off the inside of his right knee and immediately crumpled to the
Dodgers lose another catcher to injury with Dalton Rushing carried off field
Already playing without Will Smith as he recovers from a bone bruise in his right hand, the Los Angeles Dodgers now face an injury concern with Dalton Rushing. He was removed from Friday’s game in the sixth inning after fouling a ball off his right knee/upper shin area. Rushing took a big swing and went down in a heap of pain after the ball went off his leg. Rushing writhed on the ground in pain while he was checked on by Dodgers manager Dave Ro…
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