Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon leaves his start against the Astros with hamstring tightness
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón exited his begin towards the Houston Astros within the third inning Sunday with left hamstring tightness.
Rodón threw a 96 mph fastball to Chas McCormack effectively outdoors the strike zone and appeared to stiffen up as he started circling the realm behind the pitcher’s mound. An athletic coach and New York supervisor Aaron Boone got here out to examine on Rodón, who threw two warmup pitches. That was adopted by a second assembly, the place they had been joined by plate umpire Angel Hernandez.
Rodón was then changed by rookie Jhony Brito.
“It was more of a precautionary thing,” Rodón mentioned after New York’s 9-7 loss. “In this moment I feel normal, but one of those things we’ll have to see what tomorrow holds.”
After being examined at Yankee Stadium by a physician, Rodón will get extra assessments within the subsequent 24 hours, the staff mentioned. Boone was not sure if Rodón would require one other stint on the injured listing.
“We’ll have an MRI tomorrow and then we’ll have an idea,” Boone mentioned.
Signed to a $162 million, six-year contract within the offseason, Rodón missed the primary three-plus months of the season with a forearm pressure and a nasty again. The 30-year-old left-hander has been a disappointment since, permitting 4 earned runs or extra in 4 of his six begins.
He struggled Sunday towards the Astros, giving up 5 runs over 2 2/3 innings — together with homers to Jake Meyers and Yordan Alvarez. Rodón struck out 5 however has a 7.33 ERA in 27 innings this season.
“I’m pretty frustrated,” Rodón mentioned. “This is not the way I wanted to come out here and perform.”
Brito threw 25 pitches in 1 2/3 innings and was optioned again to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the sport.
New York fell 4 1/2 video games behind Toronto for the ultimate AL wild card.
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