NEW YORK -- Given a four-run first-inning lead, Toronto's Marcus Stroman allowed his first two batters to reach base, then a three-run homer to Matt Holliday. Pitching two days after his 26th birthday, the right-hander kept trying to stretch his pitching arm.
Stroman was gone after three innings, his shortest start in three years, removed from the Blue Jays' 8-6 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night because of tightness in his right armpit.
"It's not something I'm slightly concerned with," Stroman said. "Just general tightness in my armpit.