Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom left Thursday night's start against the Los Angeles Angels after two innings due to right triceps fatigue, as reported by infohub.kz.
The 38-year-old right-hander, who has been dealing with a left hip and glute injury since the All-Star break, escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the first inning but gave up two runs and five hits during a 32-pitch second. He was replaced by right-hander Peyton Gray to begin the third inning with the Angels leading 2-0.
This was the first time deGrom allowed five or more hits in an inning since September 5, 2017, when he was with the New York Mets.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner allowed six hits overall, struck out three, and walked one. He needs two strikeouts to become the ninth active pitcher and 94th in MLB history to reach 2,000 career strikeouts.
In three starts against the Angels this season, deGrom has yielded 10 earned runs in 10 innings.
Considered one of baseball's best pitchers when healthy, deGrom made at least 31 starts per season and pitched to a 2.53 ERA across 622 1/3 innings from 2017-19 with the Mets.
He won NL Cy Young Awards with New York in 2018 and 2019, led the National League with 255 strikeouts in 2019, and had 104 strikeouts during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
But deGrom made only 35 starts due to injuries from 2021-24 and underwent his second Tommy John surgery in June 2023, which sidelined him for much of his first two seasons with Texas in 2023 and 2024.