‘Frustrated’ Evan Longoria strains hamstring, likely headed to IL again

LOS ANGELES — A several minutes soon after the closing out of the Giants’ 4-2 decline to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, Evan Longoria walked slowly but surely up the ramp outside the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium. The subsequent vacation spot will probably after once again be the Wounded Record.

Longoria strained his correct hamstring even though functioning down to initially base in the fourth inning Saturday afternoon and will get an MRI on Sunday. For now, all the Giants know is that the pressure is serious enough to place him on the IL for the third time. Longoria has by now skipped 40 online games this time because of injuries. 

“I haven’t had a likelihood to discuss to him after the sport but I know he’s seriously disappointed,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “It truly is tricky when your physique would not cooperate with you. It can be kind of 1 factor soon after yet another and he has not been able to get about the hump. I truly feel for him as a close friend, I truly feel for him as a participant, and I really feel for us simply because clearly he’s seriously essential to our club. He’s hitting right in the middle of the lineup and taking part in 3rd base for us and carrying out a truly pleasant career. It sucks for us, sucks for him and it truly is disappointing, but we are going to retain preventing.”

Longoria has a .790 OPS and nine homers by means of 49 games this season and has delivered his standard constant defense at third base. He was hitting fourth on Saturday against Dodgers lefty Julio Urias and likely would have been the cleanup hitter on Sunday versus Clayton Kershaw.

Longoria was replaced by rookie David Villar, who is the very likely fill-in if Longoria misses prolonged time. Wilmer Flores can also take care of third, but proper now he’s playing a lot of 2nd considering that Thairo Estrada has shifted about to shortstop to deal with for Brandon Crawford, who also is on the IL.

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The Giants could speed up Tommy La Stella’s rehab if Longoria hits the IL. La Stella has performed two rehab games for Triple-A Sacramento, but he is not an best solution for Sunday from Kershaw, and even when he does return, he hasn’t played quite a few game titles in the discipline this year.