GOODYEAR, Arizona – When Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tejay Antone started warming up for his fourth inning on Sunday against the San Diego Padres, he felt a “little tweak.”
At first, Antone’s plan was to stretch until the inning started and then pitch the fourth inning. But when second baseman Mike Moustakas saw Antone stretching, he called out the trainer for his teammate.
Moustakas told Antone, “Don’t push it.” Antone took that advice, leaving the game with a mild right groin strain before the fourth inning started.
“(It) just grabbed a little bit, and I was like that doesn’t feel great,” Antone said.