Detroit Tigers All-Star catcher Dillon Dingler leaves Wednesday’s game against the Oakland Athletics in the second inning after an injury to his right hand, multiple outlets report. Dingler is struck on his throwing hand by a foul tip off Jacob Wilson’s bat during that inning. After the incident, he remains in the game for a period while he consults with Detroit’s training staff. He ultimately exits, with the report attributing the departure to the injured hand.
In a separate but related development also described as involving an All-Star, another player, Kurtz of the Athletics, exits the game in the second inning due to injury and/or illness, according to the information provided by the sources. The available details indicate the player does not continue past the second inning, but the specific medical circumstances beyond “injury” or “illness” are not further specified in the provided excerpts.
Both departures occur early in the game and are connected to the second inning, with Dingler’s situation described as being caused by a foul-tip impact to his throwing hand.
