TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Colorado Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner left Tuesday鈥檚 start against the Toronto Blue Jays two batters after he was struck by a 106 mph line drive.
The Rockies said Feltner exited because of a right glute contusion.
鈥淔elt鈥檚 going to be fine,鈥� manager Warren Schaeffer said after . 鈥淗e took a hard line drive off the hip. Tightened up in between innings so not able to go back out, but I think we avoided something bad.鈥�
Feltner said he was sore after being hit but didn’t expect to miss a start.
鈥淚t got me in a good spot,鈥� he said. 鈥淚’m lucky in that way but it’s definitely starting to get pretty stiff right now.鈥�
Feltner retired the first eight batters in order before he was hit by a liner off the bat of Blue Jays infielder Andr茅s Gim茅nez. The ball struck Feltner near his hip and rolled away for an infield single.
鈥淛ust got all muscle,鈥� Feltner said.
Schaeffer and the trainer checked on Feltner, who remained in the game. George Springer followed with a walk but Feltner ended the inning by getting Jes煤s S谩nchez to ground out on the first pitch.
鈥淗e showed some guts there, going through injury,鈥� Schaeffer said. 鈥淲hen he covered first to end the inning there, he was kind of hobbling around a little bit. He gave us all he had.鈥�
Feltner struck out four in his three innings. Juan Mejia took over in the fourth.
鈥淚 thought Felt was exceptional in those three innings,鈥� Schaeffer said. 鈥淗e attacked in the zone. I was very proud of him tonight.鈥�
In 2023, after getting hit by a line drive off the bat of Philadelphia鈥檚 Nick Castellanos.
Feltner didn’t pitch after April 28 last season because of back and shoulder issues. He called it 鈥渟pecial鈥� to be back on a big league mound for the first time in almost a year.
鈥淟ong year for me last year in a lot of different ways,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 was really grateful to pitch in a big league game today.鈥�
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