Porter Hodge stepped off the rubber in the 9th inning of Tuesday night’s game leading 6-3 with a runner on third and Max Muncy at the plate facing a 2-1 count. As boos rained down from the late-arriving LA crowd, the closer rubbed his upper abdomen or lower chest almost as though he was experiencing indigestion. Hodge took several deep breaths, paced near the mound, and even went to a knee as Craig Counsell, athletic trainer Nick Frangella, and teammates looked on.
The righty remained in the game following the delay and got Muncy to fly out on an incredible catch by Pete Crow-Armstrong to end it, but this looked a little scarier than taking a comebacker off the foot or something.