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Orioles’ Sugano leaves game after being hit on right foot

BALTIMORE—Oriole starter Tomoyuki Sugano left Sunday’s game against the Dodgers after he was struck on the right foot by a hard bouncer by Hyeseong Kim in the fourth inning.

The Orioles report his injury as right foot discomfort.

Sugano allowed four runs on seven hits in three-plus innings. Shohei Ohtani homered twice, a leadoff homer in the first, and in the third. Mookie Betts followed Ohtani’s second homer with a home run.

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Sugano, who hasn’t missed a start all season, became the third Oriole to leave a game against Los Angeles this weekend. On Friday night, starter Dean Kremer left after three innings because of right forearm discomfort, and catcher Samuel Basallo was forced to leave Saturday night’s game in the fifth inning after he was hit by a foul ball.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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