The good vibes derived from Tyler Glasnow’s dominant seven-inning start and Shohei Ohtani’s two-homer game were shattered in the seventh inning Sunday when a 98-mph fastball struck the left hand of Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts, who writhed on the ground in pain for a few minutes before coming out of the game.
The Dodgers went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 3-0, in front of a sold-crowd of 52,789 in Chavez Ravine, but they may have lost their dynamic leadoff man in the process — and on the same day they put pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the 15-day injured list because of triceps tightness.