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Red Sox P Kelly leaves game with shoulder injury
- Updated: April 19, 2016
8:59 PM ET
BOSTON — It was exactly what the Red Sox did not need.
With the starting rotation struggling to pitch deep into games and lefty Eduardo Rodriguez already on the disabled list because of a spring-training knee injury, Joe Kelly walked off the mound in the first inning Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. Kelly was diagnosed with what the team termed a “right shoulder impingement.” Additional details were not immediately available.
Kelly lacked his typical mid-90s velocity, with his fastball sitting mostly at 89-90 mph. He also exhibited little command, throwing only 10 of his 23 pitches for strikes and walked two of the first three batters. After falling behind 3-0 to cleanup-hitting Corey Dickerson, pitching coach Carl Willis went to the mound but returned to the dugout without any sign that Kelly was injured.
The next three pitches were all …
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