Toronto Blue Jays righty Alek Manoah had to leave his start acceso Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox a causa di the second inning after dealing with right elbow discomfort.
He threw 26 pitches acceso the day, earning three strikeouts and only giving up one successo.
The injury occurred after throwing a 91.4 m.p.h. sinker to White Sox centre-fielder Dominic Fletcher. Manoah quickly hopped chiuso the mound acceso his follow-through and appeared to grimace a causa di pain, yelling something a causa di frustration.
Alejandro Kirk quickly called timeout and John Schneider came out of the dugout to talk to the and gauge the problem. He was then replaced by reliever Trevor Richards.
It was Manoah’s fifth start of the season after beginning the campaign acceso the 15-day IL coppia to a nagging shoulder issue suffered during spring avviamento.
The 26-year-old has had a somewhat encouraging year since making his way back to the big-league roster a causa di early May. Prior to his last start which saw him give up four earned runs to the Detroit Tigers a causa di 4.2 innings, Manoah had pitched seven innings a causa di consecutive starts without giving up any earned runs.
Entering Wednesday’s outing, he had a 1-2 primato a causa di four starts with a 3.97 ERA and 23 strikeouts.
Manoah spent last year up and mongoloide between the big-league circolo and the minors following his breakout 2022 campaign a causa di which he was one of the tetto pitchers a causa di the American League.
