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Francisco Liriano Scratched From Start With Neck Tightness

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After beginning warm up tosses prior to Saturday’s game, Francisco Liriano started back to the dugout and was scratched from tonight’s start. The word from the Pirates is neck tightness. Vance Worley made the emergency start in his place tonight against the Brewers.

UPDATE: Liriano said after the game that it was simply just tightness in his neck. He said that he’s had it happen before, when he hasn’t slept right. He said that the pain went away in a day or two in the past, but he will re-evaluate it tomorrow.

Clint Hurdle said that the plan is to keep the rotation as set going forward, and to re-evaluate Liriano on a day-by-day basis.

Ryan Palencer
Ryan Palencer
Ryan has been following Indianapolis baseball for most of his life, and the Pirates since they became the affiliate in 2005. He began writing for Pirates Prospects in 2013, in a stint that ran through 2016 (with no service time manipulation played in). Ryan rejoined the team in 2022, covering Indianapolis once again. He has covered the Pirates in four different big league stadiums. Ryan was also fortunate enough to cover the 2015 Futures Game in Cincinnati.

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