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Lackey pulled vs. Cards with tight shoulder
- Updated: August 15, 2016
CHICAGO — In two extra-inning games this season, Cubs pitcher John Lackey has warmed up in the bullpen as an emergency measure. Those games just happened to be on the same day that he threw his normal between-starts bullpen session. The second time was Thursday, and he felt it during Sunday night’s 6-4 loss to St. Louis.
Lackey was pulled in the middle of an at-bat against the Cardinals’ Randal Grichuk in the seventh inning because his right shoulder stiffened on him. The Cubs were not sure whether he would miss his next start, which would be Saturday at Colorado.
“His shoulder stiffened up and that was it,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “He tried to talk me out of it, and I was not going to be talked out of it. I’m sure he’ll tell you he’s going to pitch his next start. That’s possible. I just don’t know anything …
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