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Cubs pitcher Cade Horton leaves game in tears with forearm discomfort

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 5 months ago

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Cade Horton left Friday's matchup against the Cleveland Guardians after feeling right forearm discomfort.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horton-cade/428aNJFU/"]Horton[/a], 24, threw a fastball to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/naylor-bo/SldMq89g/"]Bo Naylor[/a] before ultimately leaving the game after manager Craig Counsell and trainers visited him on the mound. This was just Horton's second start of the season, as he managed to get through the first inning without allowing a hit.[/p][p]Reporter Taylor McGregor said that Horton was in tears as he entered the team's clubhouse.[/p][embed guid="a6adad27-eea1-483d-95cd-a33a4a893d71" url="https://x.com/WatchMarquee/status/2040166731583214074?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Horton said [a href="https://x.com/AldoSoto21/status/2040206761093714078?s=20" target="_blank"]in the post-game interview[/a] that he had originally felt discomfort in his wrist that moved up to his forearm and will receive imaging on Monday. [/p][p]He tossed 6.1 innings in his season debut on March 28th against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/washington-nationals/CE026gRp/"]Washington Nationals[/a], giving up two earned runs on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. [/p][p]The promising young starter made his MLB debut last season with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-cubs/j7ZnBQFi/"]Cubs[/a] and immediately showed out. He finished with an 11-4 record and 2.67 earned run average through 22 starts (23 games). He totaled 97 strikeouts, 95 hits, and 33 walks through 118.0, finishing as runner-up to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baldwin-drake/vkMI9T7o/"]Drake Baldwin[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-braves/0UPxbDYA/"]Atlanta Braves[/a]) in National League Rookie of the Year voting.[/p][embed guid="cd92f36a-c716-49c2-a1a7-a136384f04a3" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hpmz6AxFzw" social-type="youtube" /][p]The Cubs are currently 3-4 on the season, sitting in last place in the NL Central division. Game two of their series against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cleveland-guardians/4K05MrFG/"]Guardians[/a] begins on Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Eastern time. [/p]

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