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The Dodgers placed outfielder Matt Kemp on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of an injured right shoulder, and recalled reliever Chin-hui Tsao from Triple-A Las Vegas.
Kemp was injured in the fourth inning of a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Monday when he banged into the auxiliary scoreboard in right field trying to catch Jeff Baker’s RBI triple.
“It’s a grade one separation,” manager Grady Little said Tuesday night before the game against the Rockies. “It’s going to be between seven days and two weeks. It’s the right thing for us to do right now. A lot can be told the day after something like that happens.”
Kemp and the Dodgers thought after Monday’s game he wouldn’t be out more than a few days. X-rays taken Tuesday morning revealed the magnitude of the injury.
“It’s my throwing arm—I have to take it easy,” said Kemp, who has six hits in 14 at-bats with no homers and three RBIs. “It could have been worse.”
Tsao, a right-hander, appeared in two games for Las Vegas, allowing one earned run in two innings and striking out four.
Jason Schmidt, who came out of Monday’s game in the fifth with tightness in his right hamstring, said he felt fine and would take his regular turn Sunday night against San Diego.
“It’s a little stiff—nothing abnormal,” he said. “I’ve just got to drink more water. It’s not rocket science.”
Schmidt said the problem was a cramp because of dehydration, and not a hamstring pull.
