Rangers' Patrick Corbin nearly misses start due to suspected spider bite: 'Some kind of venom got in there'

Texas Rangers’ starting pitcher Patrick Corbin was nary warrant to marque his commencement successful the team’s 3-1 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Angels connected Wednesday.

Corbin, 35, walked into the Rangers' clubhouse connected Wednesday with a swollen ankle, aft being bitten by an insect connected Monday. 

"It was truly atrocious successful the morning," Corbin told reporters Thursday afternoon. "I wasn’t definite if I was going to throw."

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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Patrick Corbin looks connected aft pitching to the Los Angeles Angels during the 2nd inning of a shot crippled Wednesday, April 16, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

"He could hardly locomotion erstwhile helium came in. I don’t cognize if it was a spider oregon what," Rangers’ manager Bruce Bochy said. "Some benignant of venom got successful there. Not definite if it was a spider oregon what. He was 50/50 connected whether helium would marque the commencement oregon not," Bochy said via MLB.com.

Corbin received attraction earlier the crippled and went connected to marque his start. He pitched 5 1/3 innings portion helium gave up conscionable 1 tally connected 5 hits and struck retired six batters and got the win. 

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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Patrick Corbin throws a transportation to the Los Angeles Angels during the 2nd inning of a shot crippled connected Wednesday, April 16, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Rangers signed Corbin precocious successful outpouring grooming arsenic they dealt with injuries to their starting rotation. They signed the left-handed pitcher connected March 18.

Corbin is successful his 13th MLB season. He spent the archetypal six seasons of his vocation with the Arizona Diamondbacks and made the National League All-Star squad twice. 

After six seasons with the Diamondbacks, Corbin spent the adjacent six seasons with the Washington Nationals aft helium signed a six-year declaration with the squad anterior to 2019. 

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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Patrick Corbin throws a transportation to the Los Angeles Angels during the 2nd inning of a shot crippled connected Wednesday, April 16, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Corbin was an integral portion of the team’s pitching unit during their playoff tally successful 2019, erstwhile the Nationals won the World Series implicit the Houston Astros. 

The Rangers' (12-7) adjacent crippled is against the Los Angeles Dodgers (14-6) connected Friday astatine 8:05 p.m. ET connected Friday. 

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