Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star outfielder Corbin Carroll avoided a serious shoulder injury and took his place in the starting lineup for Friday night’s 7-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.
Carroll exited Thursday’s 9-0 loss to the New York Mets in the seventh inning after injuring the shoulder on a swing and miss. He underwent an MRI exam Friday, and it came back clean.
“There was nothing that showed up in the MRI,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said before Friday’s game. “What happened — everyone wants to know. He felt some type of sensation that I was told is similar to a stinger in football … That is something that scared Corbin and scared all of us.
“It was a no-brainer to get him out at that time of the game and that situation to get him evaluated and he’s in the lineup today.” READ MORE