Puig remained in the game.

For the Cardinals the play was similar to the one Stephen Piscotty and Peter Bourjos had in Pittsburgh, one that left Piscotty unconscious and later removed on a backboard from the field.

“It’s always concerning,” Matheny said. “Concussion thing is real. I didn’t see Pederson moving at all. You don’t take health for granted. This isn’t necessarily a collision sport. Guys do have some bad wrecks out there and it could end up affecting not just their career but their lives. And it could happen real quick.”

‘KOREA NIGHT’ AT CHAVEZ RAVINE

Seung Hwan Oh learned that it was “Korea Night” at Dodger Stadium from reading an article, and he welcomed the coincidence of being present for the evening. The Dodgers had a Korean musician flown over for the night, had a celebrity sing the Korean anthem before the game, and featured a Korean drum performance immediately after batting practice. Los Angeles was one of the first U.S. cities Oh visited during the tournament that brought him to the States, the World Baseball Classic.

“A special memory,” Oh said of being at Dodger Stadium during Korea Night. After joking that translator Eugene Koo should look at the television camera, Oh added: “This is probably going to be the most Korean population I’ll see at a ballpark.”

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