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Yu fires 2 hitless innings in first rehab start
- Updated: May 2, 2016
FRISCO, Texas — After his first rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Sunday, right-hander Yu Darvish answered questions from the media with his eyes constantly looking up at the Rangers game playing on the television in front of him.
With a few more outings like Sunday, it won’t be long until he’s with his teammates.
Darvish, who hadn’t pitched in a game since hurting his right elbow in a one-inning outing during Spring Training in 2015, pitched two hitless innings in his first start since undergoing Tommy John surgery last March.
Darvish struck out two, walked one and threw 32 pitches.
Although the start was short, it did allow Darvish to answer the biggest question he had going into the game.
“Seriously, I hope I’m not going to blow my elbow,” Darvish said of his pre-start thoughts. “That’s what I was thinking.”
Instead, he started the game with a 94 mph fastball to Corpus Christi outfielder James Ramsay. He struck out Derek Fisher on a curveball for the second out of the first and threw 17 pitches in the frame. He struck out Danry Vasquez in the second and finished his scheduled two-inning start by getting a fly ball from Trent …
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