HOUSTON (AP) — Astros ace Lance McCullers Jr. has been left off the team’s roster for the AL Championship Series against Boston, a huge blow to a team looking…
HOUSTON (AP) — Astros ace Lance McCullers Jr. has been left off Houston’s roster for the AL Championship Series against Boston because of a strained muscle in arm, a huge blow to a team looking to advance to the World Series for the second time in three seasons. McCullers was great in a Game 1 win against the Chicago White Sox in the Division Series, pitching scoreless ball into the seventh. But the right-hander left Game 4 after four innings because of what the team called forearm tightness. “He’s not able to throw the ball right now,” manager Dusty Baker said. General manager James Click said Friday that the injury was a flexor pronator muscle strain in his right arm.
