Dodgers star Mookie Betts sustains freak toe injury while walking to bathroom

The Los Angeles Dodgers were without star Mookie Betts in the company s - win over the New York Yankees due a freak toe injury he reportedly sustained walking to a bathroom Betts explained he banged his toe into a wall as he walked to the bathroom in the dark according to the Los Angeles Times X-Rays revealed Betts fractured the toe according to ESPN CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMDodgers manager Dave Roberts declared Betts will miss games against the Yankees Saturday and Sunday but he doesn t expect the eight-time All-Star to go on the injured list I feel confident saying it s day to day Roberts declared but putting on a shoe in the modern day was challenging for him Betts is having a down year relative to his career numbers The AL MVP has a batting average with eight home runs and RBIs and a OPS in games this season DODGERS BEAT YANKEES IN WORLD SERIES REMATCH WITH COMEBACK WIN POWERED BY SHOHEI OHTANI'S TWO HOMERSIn his -year career Betts has a batting average of and an OPS Betts freak injury is not the first for the Dodgers this season First baseman Freddie Freeman had a similar affair that caused him to miss nine games after he slipped in the shower and aggravated his surgically repaired right ankle Mookie s toe that s kind of freaky like what happened to me Freeman mentioned after the Dodgers' win You hit the speed bumps along the way We did it last year and we did all right Hopefully we can do that again this year The Yankees - and Dodgers - will play the second championship of their three-game series Saturday at p m ET on FOX The Associated Press contributed to this description Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter