Overview
- Venable made a second mound visit in the first inning Friday, and umpires enforced MLB’s one-visit-per-pitcher-per-inning rule that required starter Noah Schultz to be removed.
- Pitching coach Zach Bove had already visited Schultz after a hit-by-pitch, which made Venable’s follow-up trip the automatic trigger for a pitching change.
- Reliever David Sandlin, called up from Triple-A Charlotte, entered without a planned warmup window and ultimately worked multiple innings in relief.
- Venable publicly apologized during and after the game, calling the mistake inexcusable and taking responsibility for miscounting the earlier mound visit.
- The club has summoned prospects Tanner McDougal and Hagen Smith and is expected to option Schultz and Sandlin back to Triple-A as corresponding roster moves while it restores bullpen depth.