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Paxton’s elbow passes early exam after gem
- Updated: August 8, 2016
SEATTLE — James Paxton was two outs away from his first complete game, and he still looked sharp. He was ahead of Andrelton Simmons with a 1-2 count, and the last fastball he threw clocked at 97.4 mph.
The left-hander tossed in a curve, and Simmons knocked it right back at him. The comebacker deflected off of Paxton’s pitching elbow and he crumbled.
“I just feel sick to my stomach for him and everybody involved,” manager Scott Servais said after the Mariners’ 3-1 win. “To pitch the ballgame he did, it was an opportunity for him to try to close it out. Thought his stuff was great and felt good about having him out there in the ninth inning.”
That was before the doctors had read the X-rays. In the initial examination, they showed no break in the …
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