Guardians Pitcher Abruptly Exits Start With Apparent Injury

The last thing the Cleveland Guardians rotation needs is an injury to one of the most consistent arms in their pitching staff. However, they may face that predicament as Ben Lively abruptly exited his seat on Monday night.

Lively coasted through the first 3.0 innings of his start against the Milwaukee Brewers, but never started the fourth inning.

After taking a few warm-up pitches ahead of the fourth inning, Lively clearly felt some discomfort, which is when Stephen Vogt and the team's head trainer met with him on the mound.

It didn't take long for the group to realize Lively couldn't continue, and he ended up walking back into the dugout, his night over.

The team announced that Lively left the start with forearm inflammation.

Lively ended up throwing 45 pitches, giving up one hit, walking two batters, and striking out one batter.

Jakob Junis eventually emerged from the bullpen to relieve Lively from the game.