Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux is treated by the coach while manager Dave Roberts, right, looks on after Lux crashed into the outfield wall during the sixth innings of Wednesday’s game at Dodger Stadium while trying to catch a ball that was hit by Wil Myers of the Padres. A day later, Lux could joke about it and only had a stiff neck. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux fails to reach a ball hit by Wil Myers of the Padres in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux missed a catch on a ball hit for an RBI triple by Wil Myers from the Padres during the sixth innings on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux hits the wall on a triple of Wil Myers # 5 of the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux hits the wall on a triple of Wil Myers # 5 of the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux hits the wall during the sixth innings of Wednesday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux hits the wall after missing a ball hit for an RBI triple from Wil Myers of San Diego Padres during the sixth innings of a baseball game in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux falls after missing a ball hit for an RBI triple from San Diego Padres’ Wil Myers and hits the wall during the sixth innings of a baseball game in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 has run. (AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux hits the wall on a triple of Wil Myers # 5 of the San Diego Padres in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News / SCNG)
Dodgers midfielder Gavin Lux is watched by manager Dave Roberts (right), left fielder AJ Pollock (left), and a member of the training staff after he hit the wall while trying to catch a ball that was was hit by Wil Myers of the Padres during the sixth inning on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. A day later, Lux felt better, except for a stiff neck. (Photo by Harry How / Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – Gavin Lux’s first face with an outfield wall was commemorated at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.
Lux hit the wall hard in left midfield during the sixth innings of Wednesday’s game and remained blank in pursuit of Wil Myers ’Drive. Lux left the game after that game and was still suffering from neck pain – but nothing worse – on Thursday when the Dodgers’ video coordinator Chad Chop decided to use sports tape to mark the scene of the crime. The State Farm advertisement in the center left showed the outline of a body as the Dodgers took the field for pre-game practice Thursday.
« This is Chico’s body, » Lux said, referring to Francisco ‘Chico’ Herrera, one of the Dodgers’ clubhouse attendants. “It’s a bit thicker than me … and shorter.
“(Chop) asked if it would be okay to do that. I said sure. It’s a great way to make a joke of it – now. Looking back, we can be joking now. ”
Lux has been an infielder throughout his career and moved into the outfield this month and played it admirably. Myers ‘Drive was his first encounter with the dangers of moving to the outfield.
« That was the first one where I really had to run into the gap like that, close to the wall, » said Lux, who was playing a game near the wall in the middle right in Arizona on Friday.
“The gap there is a little deeper. Here it cuts 15, 20 meters shorter. To be honest, I didn’t feel the (warning) trace at all. I just ran into overdrive and tried to do the piece. Now I know how to look over my shoulder, to see spatially where I am. It’s a study lesson. A tough lesson. »
Lux said it probably played in his favor that he hit the wall so directly, face first. A blow with the shoulder could have resulted in a more serious injury than the stiff neck he felt on Thursday.
« My neck is a bit stiff, but overall better than I thought. It was scary, ”he said.
“I did some swings in the cage and it felt good. I took a couple of fly balls and threw them, sort of going through my normal routine. Everything checked off somehow. It’s just a stiff neck that we can fight our way through, somehow dragging through. »
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Lux would be available to pinch or run if necessary in a late game situation on Thursday.
Outfielder Billy McKinney, who was added to the list of injured with an impingement of his left hip three weeks ago, started a rehab in the smaller division with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. McKinney went in three at-bats with no hits. …
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Left-hander Garrett Cleavinger was also in rehab at OKC. Cleavinger went to the IL in early August with a tense oblique muscle on his right side and was moved to the 60-day IL in early September, effectively ending his season. But he’s made four appearances at OKC in the past two weeks, allowing for three runs with four hits in 3-2 / 3 innings.
Brewers (LHP Eric Lauer, 7-5, 2.93 ERA) at Dodgers (LHP Clayton Kershaw, 10-8, 3.38 ERA), Friday, 7:10 pm, SportsNet LA, MLB Network, 570 AM
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