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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Griffin Jax is examined by a trainer after an injury during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

BALTIMORE \u2014 Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Griffin Jax is day to day with a bruised lower back after leaving his start in a 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles<\/a> a few batters after being hit by a 107.2 mph line drive in the second inning Tuesday night.<\/p>

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After the game, Jax told reporters he was \u201c100% confident\u201d he would feel good enough to make his next start.<\/p>\n

\u201cArm feels great. Body feels great,\u201d Jax said. \u201cJust going through some basic movements, don\u2019t feel too limited. It\u2019s all in all scary, but I think it was a safe place to be hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a runner on first base after a fielding error by Jax and the Rays leading 1-0, Leody Taveras hit a liner that struck the pitcher in his back. Jax immediately went down near the mound while the ball bounced to third baseman Junior Caminero, who couldn\u2019t make a diving play. Second baseman Richie Palacios recovered it, but Taveras was safe with a hit.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, Jax grabbed at the right side of his back while on the ground as head athletic trainer Joe Benge and manager Kevin Cash rushed to check on him. After a few moments, Jax was helped back to his feet, he threw a warmup pitch and stayed in the game.<\/p>\n

After giving up a single to Jeremiah Jackson to load the bases, Jax struck out Colton Cowser for the first out. Blaze Alexander reached on a fielder\u2019s choice grounder that Palacios bobbled after it took a bad hop off the second base bag, tying it at 1. Jackson Holliday followed with an RBI single and Taylor Ward\u2019s sacrifice fly made it 3-1 before Jax got Gunnar Henderson on a flyout for the final out.<\/p>\n

Garrett Cleavinger replaced Jax, who said his back was tightening with every pitch, to start the third inning. Jax (1-3) took the loss after allowing three runs \u2014 none earned \u2014 and three hits with three strikeouts on 26 pitches in his two innings.<\/p>

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