Less than 24 hours after his best pitching performance of the season, Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda has been placed on the 10-day injured list for what has unofficially been reported as an injury sustained when he fouled a ball off his thigh during his brilliant outing on Wednesday night against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.

This from Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register on Twitter:

As Plunkett notes, the Dodgers have activated 22-year-old left-hander Caleb Ferguson from the injured list, recalled 26-year-old infielder Matt Beaty, and called up 27-year-old outfielder and La Habra, CA native Kyle Garlick from Triple-A Oklahoma City, while optioning 28-year-old right-hander JT Chargois and 31-year-old catcher Rocky Gale back to OKC.

Beaty made his MLB debut with the Dodgers on April 30 and appeared in three games before being optioned back to OKC. This is Garlick’s first call-up to The Show.

As Dodger fans know, Maeda was absolutely outstanding on Wednesday night, allowing no runs and only three hits in his 6.2 innings of work. He did not walk a batter while striking out a season-high 12 Padres batters, all swinging.

But the real story is what the 31-year-old Senboku-gun, Japan native did at the plate, injury notwithstanding. The popular right-hander went 2-for-3 with two singles and drove in the Dodgers only two runs in the 2-0 shutout win.

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