Dustin May injures elbow in Dodgers’ win, expected to miss at least six weeks
LA TimesDodgers starting pitcher Dustin May has his hands checked by umpire Shane Livensparger at the end of the first inning Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium. An MRI revealed a flexor pronator strain that is expected to sideline May for about six weeks, an injury that put a damper on a win that featured James Outman’s tie-breaking grand slam in the seventh inning and reliever Victor Gonzalez’s bases-loaded, no-outs escape act in the sixth. He’s a big part of this year, and he still could be, but right now, he’s hit a speed bump again.” May gave up one hit in a scoreless first inning, striking out Joey Gallo with a 96-mph fastball and Carlos Correa with a 95-mph fastball, but the average velocity of his sinking fastball and four-seam fastball was down by 2 mph from their season averages of 96.7 mph and 97.4 mph, respectively. “After that first inning, the velocity wasn’t there, you saw him kind of moving his hand, and those are signs that something’s not right,” Roberts said of May. “He was trying to lobby to stay in, but we had to do what was best for him and his career.” May, 25, had looked so good that Roberts said it was “fair” to compare his start to Walker Buehler’s breakout year in 2018, when the then-23-year-old right-hander went 8-5 with a 2.62 ERA in 24 games.
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