SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -San Francisco Giants left-hander Noah Lowry missed his second straight mound session of spring training Tuesday after developing tightness in his shoulder during pre-camp throwing sessions.
Lowry, attempting to win a spot in the Giants rotation after missing the entire 2008 season, instead threw off flat ground at the Giants’ complex.
“You take a year off, you are bound to have a little tightness,” said Lowry, who has not pitched since August 2007.
Lowry had surgery for a rare neuromuscular problem in his left forearm, called exertional compartment syndrome, on March 7, 2008, and then had an arthroscopic procedure to remove a bone spur from his left elbow in September, as he was preparing to pitch in the Arizona Rookie League.
Lowry said he pitched off a mound only twice between his two operations last year.
but at the same time I don’t want to go out there and set myself back to a point where I might have to take a couple of days off.”
Lowry enters camp as a candidate for the No. 5 spot in the rotation behind Tim Lincecum, Randy Johnson, Matt Cain and Barry Zito.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Lowry is scheduled to throw off a mound Thursday.
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