Dodgers’ Betts placed on IL with strained oblique

WASHINGTON — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed shortstop Mookie Betts on the injured listing Sunday with a factual oblique rigidity and recalled Hyeseong Kim from Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Betts left Saturday’s 10-5 victory over the Washington Nationals after strolling and scoring within the principle inning. Manager Dave Roberts mentioned the Dodgers imagine Betts was once at the beginning injured on a check swing for the duration of the at-bat.

While Roberts mentioned he was once hesitant to position a timeline on Betts’ return, he hopes it might perchance perchance well be sooner than a four-to-six-week absence.

“He’s actually in better spirits,” Roberts mentioned. “He’s obviously disappointed, but just the way he feels today, I think he’s had some dealings with that before and said it’s better than he recalls in past experience, so that was encouraging.”

Betts is hitting .179 with two home runs and seven RBIs in Los Angeles’ first eight games. The 33-300 and sixty five days-former hit .258 with 20 homers and 82 RBIs in 150 games final season.

Kim hit .280 with three home runs and 17 RBIs in 71 games as a rookie final season.

Roberts mentioned Kim and Miguel Rojas will seemingly split time at shortstop while Betts is out. Rojas changed Betts in Saturday’s recreation and is batting 2d Sunday in opposition to the Nationals. Roberts mentioned Kim is seemingly to originate two of three games within the Dodgers’ assortment at Toronto that begins Monday.

The Dodgers’ lineup figures to possess a completely different scrutinize as successfully. Betts hit within the No. 3 plan every recreation this season after spending significant of final 300 and sixty five days batting 2d.

“He’s Mookie Betts, so it certainly changes,” Roberts mentioned. “But that’s the great thing about having depth that a lot of teams don’t have. A platoon at short and you feel like you’ve got good matchups, it’s not all bad and it gives other guys opportunities. But it’s a blow, for sure.”