NEW YORK – Shohei Ohtani will play for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, manager Dave Roberts told ESPN.

Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder sliding into second base when he was caught stealing to end the seventh inning of Saturday night’s game. 4-2 win in game 2 in Los Angeles.

But the superstar slugger was cleared to play Monday night, Roberts told ESPN in a text message Sunday. Roberts was scheduled to speak to the media at Yankee Stadium later Sunday.

Los Angeles holds a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series and is two wins away from its second championship in five years.

Roberts said Saturday night that Ohtani “had a little subluxation of his left shoulder” and would be tested either Saturday night or Sunday.

Ohtani clutched his left forearm after being tagged out by shortstop Anthony Volpe for the final out of the seventh on a feet-first slide. He lay by the bag for several minutes before being attended to by trainers and left the field.

Roberts said after the game that he was encouraged that Ohtani has good strength and good range of motion in his shoulder, but the team needed to see the results of his scans before knowing his condition.

The Japanese slugger — and presumptive National League MVP — was 0-for-3 with a walk in Game 2. He’s 1-for-8 in the first two games of the Fall Classic and is hitting .260 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in the first or. postseason in the majors.

Ohtani was one of the few players on the Dodgers roster to go the season without a major injury. The pitching staff has been plagued by injuries, with nearly every member of the starting rotation spending time on the injured list.

Among the position players, Mookie Betts was out for nearly two months with a broken left hand, and Max Muncy was out for nearly half the season with a right oblique strain. Freddie Freeman is playing in the postseason with a badly sprained right ankle.

Ohani didn’t pitch this year, but became the first player in major league history with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season.

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