LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed utilityman Doug Mientkiewicz on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a separated right shoulder and recalled infielder Blake DeWitt from Triple-A Albuquerque.
Mientkiewicz will undergo surgery on Monday. The injury occurred during the sixth inning of Thursday night’s 7-2 win over San Francisco, when he hit a pinch two-run double to right field and slid headfirst into second base with no one covering the bag.
Mientkiewicz stayed in the game after getting checked out by trainer Stan Conte, but took himself out two batters later — walking with Conte to the dugout hunched over with his right arm dangling.
“I know he feels very badly, like he’s letting people down, but that’s his makeup,” manager Joe Torre said. “He plays hard and he loves being in the middle of the action, whatever job you have for him.
“I told him last night, `That’s why you made the team, because you’re that type of player,’ He’s a winner. He’s going to do whatever he can to help you win, and hopefully that’s going to happen again later on this summer. Knowing him, he’s going to try to make it back in four weeks, but that won’t happen.”
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