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Dodgers star Mookie Betts going on IL with hip injury

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 11, 2021 5:54 PM ET

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters Tuesday that five-time All-Star outfielder Mookie Betts was "very" likely headed to the injured list after Betts was scratched ahead of a 5-0 win at the Philadelphia Phillies with a sore right hip.

Roberts confirmed Betts' status on the IL ahead of Wednesday's outing in Philadelphia and added that right-handed relief pitcher Edwin Uceta will rejoin the active roster:

Roberts said Mookie Betts will be going on the IL and Edwin Uceta will be recalled. Betts will fly back to LA this evening and meet with doctors tomorrow: "We’re going to have some more experts chime in to try to figure this thing out.”
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) August 11, 2021

Roberts had previously stated that Betts probably wouldn't be available through at least the Philadelphia series. The hope now is that the 28-year-old will be able to wait until the offseason to undergo surgery to address the matter.

Betts hits the IL slashing .277/.378/.521 with 17 home runs and 44 RBI across 87 games this season. Meanwhile, the Dodgers begin Wednesday's action at 68-45 and in second place in the National League West division standings, four games back of the first-place San Francisco Giants.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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