Fried exits Opening Day start with left hamstring discomfort

Fried was eliminated after he sprinted to cowl first base on a Dominic Smith groundout to Matt Olson to start the underside of the inning. As the Braves left-hander walked again towards the mound, he touched the again of his left leg, indicating he could have tweaked the hamstring.

Fried threw one warmup pitch earlier than the Braves determined to take away him. The veteran hurler walked towards the dugout and not using a noticeable limp.

This was a impolite conclusion to what had the makings to be a robust begin for Fried, who made his third consecutive Opening Day begin Thursday. The solely run the lefty allowed over 3 1/3 innings reached base when shortstop Orlando Arcia misplaced a popup hit by Smith whereas battling the solar’s glare within the second inning. Smith got here round to attain on Alex Call’s sacrifice fly.