Talk about a ruff day at the ballpark.
One of the Dodgers’ top prospects suffered an injury on Monday during a freak encounter with his team’s bat dog.
The bizarre scene unfolded during the second inning of the Tulsa Drillers’ matchup with Northwest Arkansas at ONEOK Field in Oklahoma.
Kendall George, the No. 13 prospect in the Dodgers’ farm system and the Drillers’ starting center fielder, scored on a line drive to right field. As he was jogging to his dugout, a Tulsa bat-retrieving dog suddenly bolted toward home plate.
In an effort to avoid a collision with the pup, George jumped into the air. But as he came down, he tweaked something.
The 21-year-old looked visibly frustrated as he was forced to leave the game.
The extent of George’s injury is not yet known, though his loss would be a big one for the Drillers, as he was batting .333 with 26 steals in 43 games.
Fans of the Dodgers weren’t pleased when news of George’s issue reached their computers on Tuesday, with many racing to X to call for Tulsa to ban bat dogs moving forward.
The Drillers — who boasted about their lineup of bat dogs on Facebook before the season — haven’t yet publicly commented on the situation.
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