ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan in-form batter Shan Masood was ruled out of the second cricket test against the West Indies due to a fractured left index finger.
Masood was the only bright batting spot in Pakistan’s 90-run defeat in the first test at Trinidad when the left-hander scored a century in the first innings.
“Following a scan and clinical assessment, Shan is currently undergoing treatment from the Pakistan team medical panel,” the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement late Thursday.
Masood was relieved of the captaincy before the two-test series against the West Indies after Pakistan lost 12 of the 16 test matches under his leadership. Babar Azam returned as skipper, but could not prevent Pakistan’s eighth successive away loss in test matches at Trinidad as the team continued to struggle in red-ball cricket.
Fast bowler Jayden Seales’ short ball struck Masood on the index finger in the first innings before the left-hander went on to score his seventh test hundred.
Masood did not take the field in the West Indies second innings, but came out to bat at No. 8 after Pakistan was reduced to 53-6 while chasing 211. He visibly looked in pain before getting caught at point for three and Pakistan chase got folded for 120 runs.
Pakistan has three batters — Abdullah Shafique, Saud Shakeel and uncapped Awais Zafar — to fill in Masood’s place for the second test, starting from Sunday.
Pakistan is scheduled to tour England for three test matches and the PCB said Masood will stay with the team. However, he is doubtful for the first test, starting at Leeds from Aug. 19 as the PCB said his participation “will depend on his recovery and clinical progress.”
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FILE - Pakistan's Shan Masood, foreground, gestures during the third day of the second test cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan, in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Halden Krog, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dalton Rushing hit a three-run homer, Teoscar Hernández added a solo shot and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Thursday night.
The Mariners fell to 23-33 on the road, where they haven't won a series since the end of May. They took the series opener 7-6, hitting five homers, before dropping the final two games.
Roki Sasaki (5-5) dominated through the first five innings, allowing just two hits while working with a 5-0 lead. The right-hander wobbled in the sixth, giving up two runs, including one on a bases-loaded walk to Cal Raleigh, and three hits as the Mariners closed to 5-2.
Reliever Jack Dreyer came in and struck out pinch-hitter Rob Refsnyder before Weston Wilson grounded out to end the threat. Freddie Freeman salvaged shortstop Mookie Betts' errant throw with a leaping tag on Wilson for the third out.
Pitching with his oversized bright yellow glove, Sasaki struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings in reducing his ERA to 4.64, the lowest it's been since early June.
Dodgers leadoff hitter Tommy Edman went 0 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout while Shohei Ohtani sat out to rest his sore left knee.
Kyle Tucker walked and Hernández singled to set up Rushing's 400-foot shot in the fourth, extending the lead to 5-0. It was the ninth of 13 homers given up by Mariners starter Bryan Woo (7-8) on the road this season. Hernández went deep against reliever Alex Hoppe with two outs in the sixth.
Betts' two-run double staked the Dodgers to a 2-0 lead in the first.
The Mariners got an RBI double by Randy Arozarena for their other run.
Woo gave up five runs and five hits in five innings while striking out eight.
Seattle RHP Bryce Miller (4-5, 2.75 ERA) was set to start Friday at home against Minnesota RHP Zebby Matthews (4-8, 5.21).
The Dodgers had yet to name a starter for their series opener Friday against Boston and LHP Ranger Suarez (4-3, 3.02).
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Andy Pages, second from left, collides with Tommy Edman, second from right, as he scores on a double by Mookie Betts as Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo walks away during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, left, tags out Seattle Mariners' Pete Woodworth at first during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Dalton Rushing, second from left, hits a three-run home run as Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo, left, and catcher Cal Raleigh watch during the fourh inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
