Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow was removed after pitching one inning because of back spasms in the team’s 12-2 victory over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday.

Glasnow allowed a first-inning home run to Brice Matthews and attempted to return in the second. After several warmup pitches, Glasnow, 32, motioned for trainers, who along with manager Dave Roberts removed him from the game with what the Dodgers announced as low back pain. Jack Dreyer (2-1) replaced Glasnow and picked up the victory with two scoreless innings of relief.

“It’s just like a normal spasm that kind of just gives out,” the 6-foot-8 Glasnow said after the game. “I’ve gotten it since like high school, just being tall, I guess. I get it like a couple times a year. It was just a warm-up pitch and it gave out, and I tried to throw another one and it just was too hard to bend over.”

Glasnow’s first-inning strikeout of Yordan Alvarez was the 1,000th of his career. He is the fastest pitcher in major league history to reach the milestone at 793 innings.

“It’s great. It’s a cool accomplishment,” Glasnow said. “It would have been better if I didn’t get taken out of the game (before) the second (inning) … but I’ll be able to look back on it and have a nice feeling about it.”

Glasnow said he’s not worried about the back issue, saying it “doesn’t seem to feel too serious.” Roberts took similar tone.

“I don’t expect it to be an IL situation,” Roberts said. “I think that given that it’s something that’s recurring and then kind of looking at the history … it’s been more of we push him back a couple days — two, three days. As I understand it, we’re going to get back home, get an MRI, just make sure that’s kind of what we see.”

A 2024 All-Star with Los Angeles, Glasnow is 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA after his abbreviated seventh start this season. He signed a five-year, $136.5 million contract before the 2024 season.

–Field Level Media