Minnesota Twins right-hander Zebby Matthews left Saturday’s game against the host New York Yankees due to a right foot laceration.
In the fifth inning, Matthews winced after throwing a 95 mph fastball out of the strike zone to Ben Rice.
A trainer and manager Derek Shelton went to the mound to check on him. Matthews gave a thumbs up and stayed on after throwing a warmup pitch.
Matthews threw three more balls out of the strike zone to Rice for his third walk of the fifth and was lifted.
Matthews allowed four runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Entering Saturday, the right-hander was 4-5 with a 4.43 ERA in 11 starts this season
