SAN DIEGO (Neth.) – San Diego Padres righthanded Dinelson Lamet left his season debut on Wednesday after two scoreless innings due to right forearm tightness.
Lamet appeared to pitch well against the Milwaukee Brewers and struckout four batters on a single to start the game. He threw 19 strokes from 29 throws and reached 97 mph on his fastball.
The Brewers won 4-2.
Lamet, 28, hadn’t thrown since he left his last start of 2020 with elbow discomfort and missed the playoffs. He received multiple opinions that surgery was not necessary and underwent platelet-rich plasma therapy during the off-season.
Lamet underwent surgery on Tommy John in 2018 and did not return until the second half of 2019.
Lamet was 3-1 in 12 starts last year, when he finished fourth in the National League Cy Young Award voting. He averaged 12.1 strikeouts per game and had a 2.09 ERA, third best in the Netherlands.
His quick exit came a day after lefthanded Adrian Morejon operated on Tommy John.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.