Aug 4, 2024; Oakland, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers beginning pitcher River Ryan (77) throws a pitch in opposition to the Oakland Athletics through the fourth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Necessary Credit score: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports activities The Los Angeles Dodgers positioned right-hander River Ryan on the 15-day injured checklist on Sunday with proper forearm tightness and recalled fellow rookie right-hander Landon Knack from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis.
Ryan, who turns 26 on Saturday, left within the fifth inning of his begin Saturday in opposition to the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. He allowed 4 hits whereas hanging out 4 in 4 2/3 scoreless innings because the Dodgers went on to a 4-1 victory over All-Star pitcher Paul Skenes (6-2) and the Pirates.
Ryan felt discomfort in his proper forearm within the third inning, he stated, and used a therapeutic massage gun to maintain it unfastened between innings. Nevertheless, his response to a few pitches in opposition to Michael A. Taylor within the fifth inning gave him away and his coaches pulled him from the sport.
“I positively did not wish to come out of the sport,” Ryan stated Saturday night time. “I needed to complete. However they noticed me grimace somewhat bit on the mound, they usually’re not going to take any possibilities. So that they determined to name it then and there.”
Ryan, whose rise within the group got here with accidents decimating the Dodgers’ pitching employees, is 1-0 with a 1.33 ERA, 9 walks and 18 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings over 4 begins. He’s the group’s No. 4 prospect, in line with MLB Pipeline.
“… I simply really feel dangerous for River,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated, “as a result of he was pitching such a very good ballgame, and was simply excited, form of feeling his vitality.”
Knack, 27, is 2-2 with a 3.07 ERA, 12 walks and 42 strikeouts in 44 innings over 9 video games (eight begins) since making his main league debut on April 17.
The Dodgers chosen him within the second spherical of the 2020 MLB Draft out of East Tennessee State.
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