Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jordan Montgomery. Owen Ziliak/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK

Diamondbacks' Jordan Montgomery exits game vs. Dodgers with injury

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Sep 2, 2024 9:28 PM ET

Lady Luck is definitely not on Jordan Montgomery’s side this season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Montgomery, now pitching out of the bullpen for the team, had to exit Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. During the seventh inning, Montgomery was struck in the lower right leg by a comebacker off the bat of Dodgers slugger Teoscar Hernandez.

Montgomery was unable to face another batter and finished with a line of three earned runs off three hits and a walk over 2.2 innings of long-relief work. Arizona would go on to lose 11-6 to drop three of the four games in their series against the Dodgers.

The veteran lefty Montgomery has had an absolute nightmare of a 2024 season, getting demoted to the bullpen by Arizona after producing an ERA above six over 19 starts for the team. He also recently slammed his ex-agent Scott Boras for supposedly bungling his free agency and has now suffered yet another woe (this one a painful one) on top of it all.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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