LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner went to an emergency room Tuesday for treatment on a pimple on his leg that turned into an infection.
Turner was scratched from the Dodgers’ lineup against Oakland on Tuesday night.
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Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Turner felt the problem on his inner right thigh Sunday in New York. He was given antibiotics, but it didn’t heal on the team’s day off Monday.
The Dodgers’ medical staff decided to send him to an emergency room when he showed up for Tuesday’s game and the infection looked worse.