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Nationals’ closer Sean Doolittle has close call; gets named a 2018 MLB All-Star...

Starlin Castro buzzed Sean Doolittle’s tower with a line drives single to center with two out in Thursday’s series opener between the Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals.

Doolittle dropped to the ground on the mound, and though it ended up sailing well over his head, the reaction was warranted.

He worked another game after that, throwing a scoreless frame in Friday’s 3-2 win to earn the save, but on Saturday afternoon, Washington Post writer Chelsea Janes reported that the Nationals’ closer had undergone an MRI on his foot.