DODGERS NOTEBOOK: SHEFFIELD SPRAINS THUMB.Byline: Matt McHale Daily News Staff Writer Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. could miss the rest of the series with the New York Mets
It is the same thumb that forced Sheffield to miss all but 63 games during the 1995 season. He underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament. Earlier this season, Sheffield sprained the right thumb and missed several games. Saturday, Sheffield injured the thumb swinging the bat in the first inning. He dropped the bat in obvious pain, but stayed in the game until the fourth. Sheffield went 0 for 2 with one strikeout. ``Right now we're calling it day-to-day, but we have to see how it feels (today),'' manager Glenn Hoffman Glenn Edward Hoffman (born July 7 1958 in Orange, California) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball and the current third base coach for the San Diego Padres. Previously, in 1998 he took over the managerial position for the Los Angeles Dodgers final half of the season when said. ``It's been a trouble spot in the past, but we think this is minor.'' Sheffield, who hit a three-run homer Friday, was 4 for 16 on the homestand with a homer and six RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . Hubbard time: The Dodgers' problems certainly haven't been Trenidad Hubbard's fault. He has scored a run in the past six games, including a first-inning homer Saturday. He has a hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak of seven games. Hubbard, a part-time player his entire career, has been the Dodgers' starting left fielder since the beginning of the homestand. ``I know what I am, a role player, but that doesn't mean I have to play like that,'' said Hubbard, who has hit safely in his past 19 starts (27 for 74, .364. ``It means coming to the park every day thinking you are going to do something in the game. The game should always be your focus, whether that means the first inning or the ninth.'' Quick hits: Mets starter Al Leiter DODGERS vs. NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Time: 5:05 p.m., at Dodger Stadium. TV/Radio: No TV; 1150-AM, KWKW-AM (1330-Spanish). Matchup: In the third of four games with the Mets, Dave Mlicki (7-6, 4.71) faces right-hander Masato Yoshii (5-7, 3.38). Mlicki, a former Met like Saturday's starter Brian Bohanon, moved over .500 for the first time this season after defeating Montreal last Tuesday. He allowed seven hits and two runs in 6-2/3 innings. - Matt McHale CAPTION(S): Box BOX: DODGERS vs. NEW YORK (see text) |
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