Dustin May helps lead Dodgers to 7-0 start after near-fatal salad incident

• Pitcher returned to action after injury and illness
• Dodgers off to best start for champion since 1933

The Los Angeles Dodgers moved to 7-0 on Tuesday night, equalling the 1933 New York Yankees for the best start to a season by a defending champion, behind a strong start from Dustin May, who was making history of his own.

The pitcher spent all of last season rehabbing from a torn flexor tendon in his right arm and a life-threatening esophageal tear after eating a salad at dinner with his wife in Arizona. A piece of lettuce became caught in his throat and May sipped some water trying to clear it. He felt a painful sensation in his throat and stomach, and later learned the lettuce had perforated his esophageal tube.