DENVER – Rockies right-handed pitcher Ryan Feltner left Thursday afternoon’s game after two innings with right triceps tightness.
Additionally, second baseman Willi Castro left after three innings with right knee soreness.
Feltner, coming off a solid performance against the Dodgers with five strikeouts in 5 ⅔ innings, pitched a clean first with two strikeouts. In the second, he yielded a single to Manny Machado before walking Xander Bogaerts on four pitches to put a runner in scoring position. A Miguel Andujar double promptly brought in both runners to give San Diego a 2-1 advantage, but Feltner induced two groundouts before striking out Jake Cronenworth.
However, after one of the pitches in the Cronenworth at-bat missed the strike zone, Feltner angrily snatched a return throw from catcher Brett Sullivan. Zach Agnos began warming up and replaced Feltner for the top of the third.
Feltner was limited to six starts last season by first a back injury, then a right shoulder injury that he sustained while working his way to health from the back issue.
Castro was 0-for-1, with a walk during the Rockies’ four-run second inning. Castro had achieved multi-hit games in four of his previous six appearances.