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contusion

noun as in bruise, injury

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Anthony Davis’ heel contusion, an injury he suffered Monday in Detroit, kept him out of action.

The student, hospitalized for two days, suffered a contusion to the heart and a bruised lung and remains so traumatized that they have postponed law school studies, Kelley said.

The Dodgers lineup is expected to get a boost of its own Wednesday, with Teoscar Hernández scheduled to rejoin the batting order after missing the last four games with a foot contusion.

But if the Dodgers thought their top-heavy lineup problems were a thing of the past, Monday’s loss — in which they were without Teoscar Hernández for a third straight game because of his foot contusion — offered a familiar reminder of how quickly things can turn.

Hernández, who is batting .266 with an .818 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 28 home runs and 87 RBIs and ranks second on the team behind Freeman with a .287 average with runners in scoring position, was diagnosed with a left-foot contusion.

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