LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers’ superstar Shohei Ohtani His left shoulder was partially dislocated in the seventh inning of the second game played on Saturday. World Series When he tried to steal second base against the New York Yankees.

Ohtani’s status for Game 3 in New York on Monday is uncertain. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani suffered “some left shoulder subluxation” and would have a vision test Saturday night or Sunday.

Ohtani clutched his left forearm after being tagged by shortstop Anthony Volpe on the final kick of the first inning of the leg. He lay next to the bag for a few minutes before being attended to by the coaches and leaving the field.

“We’ll know more in the next few days,” Roberts said. “The power was great. Range of motion is good. So we are encouraged. But of course I can’t speculate because we haven’t received the scans yet. So we’ll know more once we get the scans. Again, having good strength and range of motion is definitely a positive.”

The Dodgers lasted a long time 4-2 win and we finished the series 2-0 ahead.

The Japanese slugger and likely National League MVP was 0 for 3 with a walk in the game. He went 1-for-8 in the first two games of the Fall Classic and hit .260 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in his first postseason run in the majors.

“This was very difficult. “You never like to see the best player in the game get injured like that,” Yankees superstar Aaron Judge said. “I’m out there trying to steal a base like this and something like this happens. But hopefully it’s all good news. “We’ll see what happens.”

Ohtani was one of the few players on the Dodgers roster to make it through the season without suffering a major injury. The pitching staff has been beset by injuries, with nearly every member of the starting rotation spending time on the injured list.

Among position players, Mookie Betts was sidelined for nearly two months with a broken left hand and Max Muncy was sidelined for nearly half the season with a right oblique injury. Freddie Freeman is playing in the postseason with a bad right ankle sprain.

Betts is optimistic the Dodgers will insist on Ohtani leaving the team, especially after the team bounced back from injuries while posting the most wins in the majors during the regular season and reaching the World Series for the fourth time in eight seasons.

“We’ve got a great group of guys here and I definitely believe we can get things done. I believe in all of us,” Betts said.

Most of Ohtani’s injuries since reaching the majors in 2018 have been pitching-related; This includes major surgeries on his right elbow in 2018 and last year. The two-way phenom did not pitch this year, but he became the first player in major league history with at least 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season.

In September 2019, he had surgery on his left kneecap due to a rare condition. The procedure was performed on her two-piece patella, or kneecap, which was two pieces that were not fused together at birth.

Ohtani missed the 2017 World Baseball Classic after undergoing ankle surgery due to an injury sustained during the 2016 Japan Series.

“When you have a group like this, they pick me up when I fall. “We’ll try to do the same for him,” Freeman said.

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