LOS ANGELES -- When Dodgers manager Don Mattingly got to the ballpark Monday, he said he got some news he wasn't expecting.
Bad news.
Right-handed starter Brandon McCarthy (3-0, 5.87 ERA) is out for the season because of a torn ulnar collateral ligament, and he's likely headed for Tommy John surgery.
"Not very good news," Mattingly said at Dodger Stadium before his team played the Giants in the first game of a three-game series. "Brandon being out for the year is different than someone who's going to be on the DL for a couple weeks, then coming back.