Price leaves game in 8th inning with apparent back injury

Posted Jun 29, 2012 by Roger Mooney

Updated Jun 29, 2012 at 09:35 PM

ROGER MONEY
ST. PETERSBURG David Price left tonight’s game before the start of the eighth inning because of an apparent injury.

Sun Sports immediately showed a clip of Price sitting in the dugout with what appeared to be a heat pad on his back.

With the Rays leading the Tigers 4-2, Price went out to take his warm-up pitches, but assistant athletic trainer Paul Harker quickly went to the mound. Pitching coach Jim Hickey and manager Joe Maddon soon followed.

After a brief discussion, Price walked off the field, and Jake McGee was called in from the bullpen.

Price allowed two runs on five hits and one walk in his seven innings. He struck out seven. He had thrown only 78 pitches.

We’ll have more on this when the information becomes available.

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