New York Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom left his start Wednesday night due to right shoulder soreness after pitching three perfect innings against the visiting Chicago Cubs.
deGrom will undergo an MRI exam as a precaution, but he did not seem overly concerned while speaking following the Mets’ 6-3 victory.
“This is getting old,” he said of his recent nagging injuries. “I want to be out there competing instead of coming out of these games with these little (ailments).”
In the third inning, deGrom appeared to be stretching his shoulder, and as the Mets batted in the bottom half, reliever Sean Reid-Foley began warming up quickly. Reid-Foley replaced deGrom in the fourth. DeGrom retired all nine hitters he faced on 51 pitches. He struck out eight, including the last seven in a row, and threw 11 pitches at least 100 mph.
It was the second straight start deGrom departed early due to injury. On Friday against the San Diego Padres, he was pulled because of right flexor tendinitis after throwing 80 pitches in six innings. Following the Friday outing, deGrom said he was not concerned.
An MRI on Saturday came back clean, and the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner did his usual routine in between starts. deGrom also missed a start in May due to a lat injury.
Speaking after the Wednesday game, deGrom said, “I think it’s three separate issues. I think the lat was something to do with the swing. The elbow I didn’t think too much of, like I said I was pretty confident that that was nothing. And I’m pretty confident that this is nothing.”
The Mets’ ace is 6-2 with a 0.54 ERA in 11 starts this season. He has 111 strikeouts and just eight walks in 67 innings.

Giants hand D-backs record-tying 22nd straight road loss
The Arizona Diamondbacks tied the major league record for consecutive road defeats with their 22nd straight Wednesday night, falling victim to a barrage of home runs in a 13-7 defeat at the hands of the San Francisco Giants.
A third straight setback in the matchup of National League West rivals dropped the Diamondbacks into a tie with the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics and 1963 New York Mets for the dubious distinction.
Arizona, which has dropped 13 games in a row overall, will seek to avoid taking over sole possession of the unflattering record when it completes a four-game series in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon.
An Eduardo Escobar RBI double capped a two-run top of the first that, for the second night in a row, gave the Diamondbacks the early jump on the NL West-leading Giants.
However, San Francisco’s offense responded early and often, using a three-run home run three batters into the last of the first by Buster Posey, his 12th of the season, to take the lead for good. The Giants wound up scoring four times against Arizona starter Merrill Kelly (2-7) in the first, then added four more in the fourth on solo homers by Steven Duggar and LaMonte Wade Jr. and a two-run single by Donovan Solano.
The game got completely out of hand when San Francisco tacked on five in the fifth to go up 13-2. Wilmer Flores had a pinch-hit, two-run homer and Brandon Belt a three-run shot to account for the scoring.
Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani (7-2) was pulled after five innings, charged with two runs (one earned) on five hits. He walked one and struck out five. The Diamondbacks didn’t go into the record book quietly.
Asdrubal Cabrera had a solo homer, his fifth long ball of the year, Ketel Marte hit a two-RBI double and Pavin Smith added a two-run single in a five-run sixth that trimmed the deficit to 13-7. But that was as close as the visitors came. Posey and Mike Yastrzemski scored three times apiece for San Francisco, Posey following three hits and Yastrzemski after drawing three walks.
Duggar hit his sixth homer, Wade his fourth, Flores his fourth and Belt his ninth. Marte, Josh Rojas and Stephen Vogt collected two hits apiece for Arizona, which hasn’t won a road game since April 25 at Atlanta. Kelly allowed four runs and four hits in three innings. He walked three and fanned four.

Results
Mets    6-3    Cubs
Giants    13-7    D’Backs
Phillies    2-0    Dodgers
Twins    7-2    Mariners
Indians    8-7    Orioles
Yankees    3-2    Blue Jays
Astros    8-4    Rangers
Red Sox    10-8    Braves
Cardinals    1-0    Marlins
Tigers    6-5    Royals
Reds    2-1    Brewers
White Sox    8-7    Rays
Nationals    3-1    Pirates
Athletics    8-4    Angels
Rockies    8-7    Padres