Dodgers News: Max Muncy Pulled from Wednesday Night’s Game with Hand Injury

The Dodgers gained their tenth-straight sport on Wednesday night time with an exhilarating 8-5 win over the Minnesota Twins. Joey Gallo’s pinch-hit three run dwelling run within the backside of the seventh to offer the Dodgers a 8-4 win was the second of the night time, however Max Muncy saved alive a streak of his personal. For the second-straight night time, Muncy went yard.

Within the backside of the second inning, Max blasted a solo dwelling run off of Twins starter Sonny Grey to stake the Dodgers to an early lead.

Nonetheless, within the backside of the fifth, supervisor Dave Roberts pulled Muncy in favor of Hanser Alberto. It’s a transfer that raised some eyebrows and after the sport, it was reported that the lefty slugger had suffered a hand contusion from a floor ball.

#Dodgers Max Muncy stated floor ball hit him within the hand. Dangerous hop. X rays damaging

MLB.com’s Juan Toribio supplied some further info from Dave Roberts relating to Muncy’s harm.

“Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated Max Muncy has a proper hand contusion. Muncy tried to swing a bat, however couldn’t. X-rays are damaging and so they’ll see how he feels on Friday.”

In keeping with The LA Times’ Mike DiGiovanna, the LA infielder was solely unable to even shut his hand after taking the grounder off his hand.

“X-rays have been damaging, however Muncy stated after the sport that he couldn’t shut his hand. Must see how he feels on Friday in KC.”

Accidents are by no means a welcome sight, however for Max, it couldn’t have come at a worse time. Regardless of struggling on the plate a lot of the yr, the two-time All-Star leads the Dodgers in 1.275 OPS and a 252 wRC+ within the month of August. 

The Dodgers have an off day on Thursday and hopefully a full day of relaxation helps maintain Muncy within the lineup for the workforce’s seven sport highway journey.

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