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SEATTLE (AP) -- Four days before the All-Star game, Alex
Rodriguez is in the hospital.
The Seattle shortstop Rodriguez sustained a concussion while
trying to break up a double play Friday night and the Mariners lost
to Los Angeles 3-2 on Eric Karros' home run in the 11th inning.
|  | | Alex Rodriguez is helped off the field after suffering a concussion in a collision Friday night. |
Rodriguez underwent a CAT scan and neurological tests and was to
be hospitalized overnight for observation, the Mariners said. More
tests were to conducted Saturday.
There was no word on how long Rodriguez would be sidelined. He
is supposed to start for the AL in Atlanta on Tuesday night.
"There's no way to speculate in the next 24 to 48 hours,"
Mariners trainer Rick Griffin said. "We're going to have to see
how Alex feels."
Rodriguez was hit flush in the left side of the face by
shortstop Alex Cora's knee in the fifth inning. Cora jumped out of
the way, trying to avoid Rodriguez's slide.
"He was knocked silly," Mariners manager Lou Piniella said.
Cora applauded Rodriguez's effort of trying to break up the
double play.
"It's awesome from the standpoint that it is a superstar like
him," Cora said. "He gives everything for his team."
Dodgers manager Davey Johnson saw the play perfectly from the
bench and winced. He faulted his young player's mechanics.
"He jumped up in the air and A-Rod tried to take him out,"
Johnson said. "That's a play I'd rather see my shortstop throw
from behind second base rather than coming across the bag."
Griffin said he did not think Rodriguez was knocked out, adding,
"He was saying some funny things. He was talking about high school
football."
After laying motionless for several minutes, a dazed Rodriguez
was helped to his feet and assisted to the dugout by Seattle's
trainers. He then was taken to Providence Hospital by ambulance.
Rodriguez played with Cora's older brother, Joey, in Seattle in
1995-98.
Karros hit his 25th homer of the season with one out in the 11th
off Arthur Rhodes (2-3).
It was Karros' second winning, extra-inning homer this season.
Karros has four interleague home runs this year, and 22 in his
career.
Matt Herges (6-0) pitched two innings for the victory. Mike
Fetters pitched the 11th inning to get his third save in as many
chances.
Todd Hundley gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first with a
two-run double. Los Angeles won with only five hits.
In the fifth, the Mariners loaded the bases on one-out singles
by Guillen, Rickey Henderson and Stan Javier before Carlos Perez
walked Rodriguez to force home a run.
Edgar Martinez grounded sharply to Cora, who elected to touch
second before throwing to first. Cora and Rodriguez reached the bag
about the same time.
The collision left both players on the ground, but Cora got up
and stayed in the game. Guillen moved from third base to shortstop
to replace Rodriguez, who has started every game for the Mariners
this season.
The Mariners tied it at 2 in the eighth with an unearned run,
their second bases-loaded walk of the game. They loaded the bases
on singles by Martinez and Jay Buhner and third baseman Adrian
Beltre's error before Terry Adams walked Guillen.
In the first, Freddy Garcia issued a one-out walk to Todd
Hollandsworth and a single to Gary Sheffield before striking out
Shawn Green.
Garcia, activated Friday after being on the disabled list since
April 22 with a fractured right leg, walked Eric Karros to load the
bases before Hundley doubled to right to score Hollandsworth and
Sheffield.
Garcia, a 17-game winner as a rookie for Seattle last season,
gave up two runs on four hits and five walks in six innings. He
struck out six, including Green three times swinging.
Henderson, signed by the Mariners on May 17 after being released
by the New York Mets, moved into sole possession of second place in
career walks with 2,020, one more than Ted Williams. Babe Ruth is
first with 2,062.
Game notes
Hundley, the Dodgers' catcher, caught a foul tip on a pitch
to Buhner, the next-to-last pitch of the game, on the thumb of his
throwing hand. X-rays were negative and he was listed as day to day
with a bone bruise. ... The Mariners had their seventh sellout of
the season. They expect to have sellouts Saturday night and Sunday,
too. ... To make room for Garcia on their roster, the Mariners
placed RHP Frankie Rodriguez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July
1, because of inflammation on his right shoulder. ... 2B Mark
Grudzielanek, hitting .370 on the Dodgers' road trip, was scratched
from the lineup because of the flu. ... John Olerud hit his 31st
double, tied with Montreal's Jose Vidro for the major league lead.
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