Pitcher Drew Pomeranz had to play the Boston Red Sox in the jumping practice against the St. Stephen’s team. Louis Cardinals (9:6 Red Sox) on Friday with pain in his forearm. In the same game, Pitcher Bud Norris was caught on the other side.
Pomeranz presented himself confidently in the first inning and needed only 13 pitch spells for the first three outs. The problems occurred during the warming up to the second inning. He threw four pitches against Marcell Ozuna, then called Catcher Blake Swihart to himself, assistants joined him and the left-hander left the field.
“I didn’t really push. I was thinking,’ you know what? There’s no point in that,”Pomeranz said to reporters afterwards,”Let’s find out what’s wrong and not go on.”
Pomeranz was extremely effective for Boston last year and achieved a balance of 17-6 with a 3.32 ERA. He will be examined in more detail on Saturday. Last year he had problems with the triceps in jumping training, but still had 32 starts in the regular season,”I’m not too worried,”he said on Friday.
Norris, on the other hand, injured his large back thigh muscle trying to cover the first base after a ground ball for First Baseman Jose Martinez. He noticed something in the first inning and then again in the third and left the game afterwards.
“It’s nothing that’s really alarming. But they’d rather be careful and say,”Hey, we’ve seen enough today,” Norris explained his premature end.”I don’t think it’ll throw me back too much.”
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