Pirates' Jared Jones Leaves Start After Taking Line Drive to Elbow

Pirates' Jared Jones Leaves Start After Taking Line Drive to Elbow

Photo provided by Matt Lynch In his fifth start back from the injured list, Jared Jones exited his outing for the Pirates against the Rockies on Sunday afternoon after being hit by a lined drive on his surgically-repaired right elbow. With two outs in the bottom of the third inning, Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield hit an 87.9 mph line drive back to the mound. Jones was unable to get out of the way in time, and the ball struck him on the back o…

Pirates Notes: Jones, Griffin, Cruz

Pirates right-hander Jared Jones was pulled from his start on Sunday after three innings. He was struck in the right elbow by a line drive from Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield. Third baseman Nick Gonzales fielded the ricochet to record the final out of the frame. Yohan Ramirez took the mound in the fourth inning. While any elbow injury is worrisome, this one doesn’t seem overly serious. Initial imaging on Jones’ elbow came back negative, the t…