Braves pitcher Spencer Strider had season-ending surgery on Friday. He had an internal brace procedure done to repair his damaged UCL. John Bazemore/Associated Press
Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team said Saturday.
Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas, performed the procedure on Friday, using an internal brace to repair the UCL.
Strider complained about discomfort in his elbow after pitching four innings in Atlanta’s 6-5 win over Arizona on April 5. An MRI the next day revealed damage to his UCL, and the Braves prepared for the worst.
“You never expect these things to be good or just a blip on the screen,” Manager Brian Snitker said last week.
Strider was 20-5 in 2023, leading the majors in wins and strikeouts (281). The right-hander had a 3.86 ERA last season.
He had a 7.00 ERA with 12 strikeouts in two starts this year.
The 25-year-old Strider joins a list of big-named pitchers who have suffered significant injuries this season.
Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, the New York Yankees’ Jonathan Loáisiga, Miami’s Eury Pérez and Oakland’s Trevor Gott are among the pitchers diagnosed with elbow injuries.
TWINS: Shortstop Carlos Correa was placed on the 10-day injured list, a day after sustaining an oblique injury in Minnesota’s 8-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
Correa was hitting .306 with a homer and four RBI in 11 games and had an .876 OPS. The two-time All-Star was replaced on the 25-man roster by catcher Jair Camargo, who was hitting .268 with two homers in 11 games for Triple-A St. Paul.
Willi Castro is expected to get most of the playing time at shortstop. He is hitting .103.
RANGERS: Reliever Brock Burke broke his non-throwing hand while punching a wall following a poor outing Friday night against the Houston Astros.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Burke, a left-hander, broke his right hand when he punched the wall “out of frustration.” The 27-year-old allowed three hits and four runs in the seventh inning of his team’s 12-8 win.
SATURDAY’S GAMES
New York’s Oswaldo Cabrera is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run off Guardians relief pitcher Nick Sandlin in the sixth inning of the Yankees’ 3-2 win in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday in Cleveland. David Dermer/Associated Press
YANKEES SWEEP GUARDIANS: Juan Soto hit a three-run homer and Cody Poteet pitched six solid innings in his debut for New York as the Yankees won 8-2 to sweep a doubleheader over the Guardians in Cleveland and continue one of the strongest starts in their storied history.
New York took the opener 3-2.
The Yankees are 12-3 for the seventh time and first since 2003, when they made one of their 40 trips to the World Series. They’re 8-1 on the road.
Soto, acquired by the club in an offseason trade from San Diego to put New York back on top, connected in the fourth off Triston McKenzie (1-2), who struggled from the outset and walked six in four innings.
ASTROS 9, RANGERS 2: Kyle Tucker doubled twice and had three RBI and Jose Altuve added three hits and drove in two runs as Houston used a seven-run seventh inning to break a tie and coast to a victory over visiting Texas.
The Astros snapped a four-game skid and bounced back after allowing the Rangers to score their season high in a 12-8 win in the series opener.
ROYALS 11, METS 7: Salvador Perez had four RBI on two hits and Bobby Witt Jr. scored four times to lead Kansas City to a win over the Mets in New York.
BLUE JAYS 5, ROCKIES 3: Daulton Varsho hit his second career grand slam, Yariel Rodríguez struck out six over 3 2/3 innings in his major league debut and Toronto won at home.
GIANTS 11, RAYS 2: Logan Webb allowed one run over seven innings, Thairo Estrada homered twice and San Francisco won in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Webb (1-1) scattered six hits in his fourth start of the season. The 2023 NL Cy Young Award runner-up lowered his ERA from 4.86 to 3.80.
BREWERS 11, ORIOLES 5: Jake Bauers hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fourth inning and Milwaukee slugged its way to another victory, beating the Orioles in Baltimore.
The Brewers have scored 58 runs in their last six games, with at least seven in each of them. That streak ties a franchise record set in 1982 and 1989.
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