Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish was removed from Wednesday night's game against the Houston Astros after five innings with tightness in his right shoulder.
Darvish was having a solid outing when, 76 pitches into his 95-pitch limit, he was seen shaking his right arm after throwing a 63-mph curveball to strike out George Springer. He walked Jose Altuve in the next at-bat, prompting a conference at the mound, but stayed in the game. He retired Carlos Correa on a flyout to end the inning.
Shawn Tolleson came out in the sixth to replace Darvish.
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Afterward, the team tweeted Darvish's removal was for precautionary reasons.