MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard left Tuesday night’s 6-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers after dealing with a cut on the index finger of his pitching hand in his one inning of work.
After throwing his warm-up pitches before the bottom of the first inning, Syndergaard went to the dugout before returning to the mound. He then allowed the first two Brewers hitters to reach base before he got out of the inning without allowing a run.
“Warmed up fine in the bullpen,” Syndergaard said. “Went to use the restroom before the game, I looked down and my hand was bleeding pretty good. Tried to do what we could to make it serviceable but it just got to the point where it was going to continue to open up.
“The skin itself had a little bit of a blister. It was kind of raw and weak and thin, so that’s kind of what helped to facilitate the cut.”
Syndergaard threw 20 pitches, including 11 strikes, in his first appearance since April 30. Phil Bickford replaced Syndergaard with the Dodgers leading 3-0.
Manager Dave Roberts said the issue could require a trip to the injured list for the veteran pitcher.
“Right now, we’re just going to kind of see how it is in the ensuing days and see what we do from here,” Roberts said.
“He’s had [the issue] and has put stuff on it to keep it at bay. Tonight, it just didn’t take. That’s more of a training staff question but, certainly, the IL is a possibility. but we want to give Noah and the training staff some time before we make that decision.”
Syndergaard is now 1-3 with a 6.12 ERA. The Dodgers signed him to a one-year, $13 million contract in December.
ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle and The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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