{"id":863744,"date":"2026-06-13T04:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/863744\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:23:30","slug":"shohei-ohtani-knee-injury-keeps-him-out-of-dodgers-loss-to-white-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/863744\/","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani knee injury keeps him out of Dodgers’ loss to White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Dodgers<\/a> superstar Shohei Ohtani<\/a> was out of the lineup Friday against the Chicago White Sox a day after exiting the game with discomfort in the back of his left knee.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing him today, he feels fine-ish,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said before the Dodgers\u2019 8-2 loss<\/a>. \u201cBut just giving him an extra day is the smart thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohtani underwent imaging on his left knee, according to Roberts, and it didn\u2019t show anything beyond \u201cnormal wear and tear.\u201d He underwent treatment Friday and might work out Saturday before a decision on whether to put him back in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Roberts expressed optimism that Ohtani would return this weekend, and he still is penciled in to take the mound Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays at Dodger Stadium before the team\u2019s day off Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that I think we can manage,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cNot an [injured list] situation.\u201d <\/p>\n

Roberts initially was hopeful, after Ohtani left Thursday\u2019s 8-6 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> at PNC Park in the seventh inning, that he would not miss additional time. He had missed just two games this season and never has been on the IL since joining the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

But at this point in the season, the Dodgers are incentivized to play it safe with Ohtani\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it was another time of the season, he\u2019d be in there,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

The back of Ohtani\u2019s knee, where the swelling is concentrated, still is sore, Roberts said. The origin of that swelling is not entirely clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no incident,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know. He doesn\u2019t know. I asked him if it was during the pitching, was it when he was hitting, when he was trying to steal a base. And there was no one incident. So I don\u2019t know. I think that\u2019s maybe a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohtani\u2019s injury history includes surgery on his left knee in 2019. He was born with a rare congenital knee condition called bipartite patella, in which the kneecap doesn\u2019t fuse together. It often has no symptoms, but in 2019, Ohtani felt the effects, especially as he started ramping up his post-Tommy John surgery throwing program. He kept playing through it until September.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s unclear whether there\u2019s any connection between that issue and the inflammation. Ohtani was not available before the game Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just more the natural evolution of limbs and body parts,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cThe running, the swinging, the landing when you\u2019re pitching. So that\u2019s just what happens to your body. So I think that something probably just pissed it off a little bit. But now we can kind of manage the symptoms and feel good about it going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the eighth inning Friday, the shirtless \u201ctarps off\u201d section that had formed in the top deck at Rate Field was feeling comfortable enough with the White Sox\u2019s lead to call for a bigger challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want Sho-hei,\u201d they chanted.<\/p>\n

Roki Sasaki struggles in loss \"Los <\/p>\n

Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki walks in the dugout after being pulled in the fifth inning of an 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Friday.<\/p>\n

(Melissa Tamez \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Former Dodger Miguel Vargas delivered the go-ahead hit for the White Sox in the fifth inning as part of a game-defining seven-run rally. <\/p>\n

The teams had traded the lead. The White Sox struck first with a solo homer by Andrew Benintendi off Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki in the first inning. In the second, the Dodgers pulled ahead on Santiago Espinal\u2019s two-run single off Anthony Kay. <\/p>\n

However, Sasaki\u2019s command wavered in the fifth. He walked the first batter and surrendered three straight hits \u2014 culminating in a double by Vargas off the right-field wall \u2014 to give up the lead. <\/p>\n

Sasaki walked two more batters for another run before Roberts pulled him with one out and the bases loaded. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy off-speed wasn\u2019t really good today,\u201d Sasaki said through interpreter Kensuke Okubo. \u201cSo the third time through the order, I wasn\u2019t able to get ahead in the count, I fell behind. So I couldn\u2019t get those outs easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White Sox kept tacking on against right-hander Blake Treinen, as all three inherited runners scored, plus one more. <\/p>\n

Sasaki was charged with a career-high seven runs in 4\u2153 innings. It ended his streak of seven straight starts of five-plus innings. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you can expect him to be perfect every time out,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cHe\u2019s on a good run, he really is. And so it is a good test for a young player that after he has one like this, how he responds. So that\u2019s something that we\u2019re all waiting to see. But I do think that he\u2019s equipped now with a good base of success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edman nearing return<\/p>\n

Dodgers utility player Tommy Edman (right ankle surgery) is nearing the end of his minor-league rehab assignment. If all goes well in the coming days, Roberts expects him to return next week against the Rays. Edman has a .714 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in 12 games with triple-A Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was out of the lineup Friday against the Chicago White Sox a day after…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":863745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[1237,960,2442,1910,19176,352108,249018,352107,2444,87868,1266,8328,352106,18766,51981,4712,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-863744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-back","tag-chicago","tag-dodgers","tag-game","tag-injury","tag-knee-inflammation","tag-left-knee","tag-lineup-day","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-manager-dave-roberts","tag-mlb","tag-ohtani","tag-optimism-thursday-night","tag-pirates","tag-pnc-park","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116740897478255572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}