John Maine was pulled after 4 and a third innings for apparent shoulder stiffness. There is no further information on his possible injury at this time, though it appeared to be primarily as a precautionary measure. For those who weren’t watching the game, Maine was visibly upset when Manuel pulled him, and continued to look quite unhappy about being pulled in the dugout.

While Maine was at the time in line for the win, having given up just one run to that point, being that he already experienced some swelling problems this month its probably safer to have him take a seat and be angry then keep pitching and hurt himself. When push comes to shove, we need Maine and its better to risk Muniz losing us a game tonight then a AAA starter lose us multiple games while Maine sits on the DL.