Dodgers All-Star Mookie Betts fractures wrist when hit by 98 mph fastball WSOC TV [Video]

Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Mookie Betts left Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals with a fractured bone in his left wrist after being with a 98 mph fastball.

Manager Dave Roberts told reporters postgame that Betts isn’t expected to need surgery but that he’ll be sidelined “for some time.” A precise prognosis and timeline wasn’t immediately clear.

The injury took place with Los Angeles leading, 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one man on and a 1-2 count, Royals reliever Dan Altavilla threw a 98 mph fastball inside that hit Betts in his left hand. Betts immediately fell to the ground and held his hand in pain before leaving the game.

Shortstop Miguel Rojas took first base for Betts and replaced him on defense at shortstop. Altavilla induced a lineout from Shohei Ohtani to end the inning, but the Dodgers went on to a 3-0 victory.

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