San Diego Padres right-hander Yu Darvish was pulled due to lower-back tightness after 2 2/3 innings during Thursday’s road game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Darvish was pounded for five runs in the third inning. He was facing his eighth batter of the frame in Arizona’s Josh VanMeter and seemed bothered by the back after the first pitch.
Padres manager Jayce Tingler and a trainer rushed to the mound after the pitch, and Darvish was pulled after a short conversation.
Darvish allowed five runs, six hits and one walk and struck out four. He gave up a two-run homer to David Peralta earlier in the third.
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