Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani played in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, batting in his usual spot at the top of the order.
Ohtani sustained a left shoulder subluxation in the bottom of the seventh inning while attempting a steal during Game 2 on Saturday, which the Dodgers went on to win 4-2 against the New York Yankees. A shoulder subluxation occurs when “the humerus partially slides in and out of place quickly,” according to Johns Hopkins Medicine .
Ohtani drew a walk in his first at-bat and appeared to be wearing some sort of strap over his left shoulder as he was being introduced ahead of the game. He did not appear to have any obvious protection on his injured shoulder as he walked up to bat…