Joe Musgrove exits Game 2 vs. Braves with apparent injury
The MLB Playoffs got underway on Tuesday and the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves are currently battling it out in the National League Wild Card round. The Padres took game one on Tuesday, and they started Joe Musgrove on the hill in game two as they are hoping to eliminate the Braves and advance to the NLDS. Musgrove pitched a solid 3.2 innings, but he tweaked something during the fourth inning and had to leave the game.
“Joe Musgrove is walking off the field in the fourth inning after trainers looked at him,” Annie Heilbrunn said in a post. “Looked to be holding his hip as he was walking off. Seemed to be something sudden that bothered him.”
San Diego held a 5-1 advantage when Joe Musgrove left the game, and Bryan Hoeing came in for relief. It is now 5-2.
Musgrove has had a solid year as he has a 6-5 record and a 3.88 ERA. He has 101 strikeouts on the year and a 1.17 WHIP. He ended up having to leave the game earlier than expected on Wednesday night, but he did pitch well and left the game with the Padres in a good position to win.
If San Diego is able to close this one out, they will advance to the NLDS. If the Braves come back to win game two, there will be a winner take all game three in San Diego on Thursday.
The winner of this series will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. The Dodgers and Padres are division rivals, and they are obviously not very far geographically as they are both in Southern California. That would be a great series to watch, but the Braves are still fighting.
On the other side of the National League bracket, the Philadelphia Phillies are currently awaiting the winner of the Milwaukee Brewers-New York Mets series. Those two teams are also playing game two right now, and the Mets took game one.
Hopefully Joe Musgrove isn’t out for long and he didn’t have to leave because of something serious.
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