Braves' Max Fried, Padres' Joe Musgrove leave as Game 2 begins

SAN DIEGO – Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried and San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove were both forced out of Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series due to injuries on Wednesday night.

Fried was done after two innings. Two batters into the game, he was hit in the left hip by a line driver from Fernando Tatis Jr. He stayed in and got out of a base jam. He then gave up five runs on six straight hits with two outs in the second. Dylan Lee took the lead in the third round.

Musgrove threw two slow curveballs and fell behind Matt Olson, 2-1, with two outs in the fourth and was visited by pitching coach Ruben Niebla. Manager Mike Shildt and an athletic trainer joined them and Musgrove came out.

The team later said he was removed due to strain in his right elbow.

Musgrove, who grew up in suburban El Cajon, was on the injured list twice because of right elbow inflammation, which cost him a total of 63 games. During his second assignment he had to take a break for two and a half months.

Musgrove threw the first no-hitter in Padres history on April 9, 2021, in his second start with his hometown team after being acquired in an offseason trade with Pittsburgh.

Fried was a first-round draft pick of the Padres in 2012. In December 2014, he was traded to Atlanta in a six-player deal. He made his big league debut on August 8, 2017. He started and won the deciding Game 6 of the 2021 World Series against Houston.