Pablo López threw a warmup pitch before the sixth inning Tuesday night, and then a couple more. Then he stopped and considered all the ways the next few minutes might go. Maybe he’d be fine, maybe he’d pitch another scoreless inning.

Despite the bad news, Pablo Lopez appears to be optimistic about his shoulder injury. He claims he never felt a “big pop.” The Twins star believes that had he pushed himself to pitch the sixth inning on Tuesday night, his injury could have been a lot worse.

Minnesota right-hander Pablo Lopez departed the Twins' Tuesday contest against the Athletics due to tightness in his pitching shoulder. Lopez was warming up for the bottom of the sixth inning at West Sacramento,