Dodgers lose Shohei Ohtani, Justin Wrobleski to injuries in game against Pirates

PITTSBURGH –– Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani left the team’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday with left knee inflammation, the team announced.

It was not immediately clear when Ohtani got hurt, and how severe his injury was. But, when his spot in the batting order came up in the top of the seventh, it was Santiago Espinal who came to the plate as a pinch-hitter.

Ohtani’s injury was the second one to force a Dodgers player from Thursday’s game, after starting pitcher Justin Wrobleski exited in the fifth following a comebacker that struck him in the leg.

The team announced that Wrobleski, who was charged with four runs in his 4 ⅔-innings start, had suffered a right hamstring contusion.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani left the team’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday with left knee inflammation, the team announced. Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

The team announced that Wrobleski, who was charged with four runs in his 4 ⅔-innings start, had suffered a right hamstring contusion. Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

Prior to Ohtani’s departure, the two-way star was putting together another banner night.

He led off the game with a walk in the first, then lined a solo home run to right field to open the scoring in the third inning –– giving him his 13th home run of the year, and two in as many nights.

Ohtani then got a two-run rally started in the fourth with a two-run single. In that sequence, he raced from first to third on Andy Pages’ base hit, then scored on a flared line drive from Freddie Freeman.

Ohtani’s final at-bat came in the fifth, when he drew a two-out walk and was left stranded at first.

Thursday’s game came just a night after Ohtani pitched 6 2/3 innings on the mound in a two-way performance Wednesday.