Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow left his start just one pitch into the fifth inning against the Rangers on Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, with lower leg cramps.

Glasnow struck out six in his four-plus innings, allowing three hits and a walk but no runs.

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He struck out the side in the fourth inning. In between the final two outs, head athletic trainer Thomas Albert and manager Dave Roberts visited the mound, where Glasnow was shaking his arm a bit, and replays showed him flexing his hand after the strikeout of Dustin Harris. The mound visit was brief though, and Glasnow finished off the inning by striking out Josh Jung looking, on four pitches.

After one pitch to Jake Burger to open the fifth inning, Glasnow seemed to be favoring his right leg, and the SportsNet LA broadcast mentioned dealing with his right ankle. That brought catcher Austin Barnes and the infield to the mound, and soon after came Albert and Roberts joined them. Glasnow was removed from the game.

Reliever Luis García replaced Glasnow on the mound.

In four starts this season, Glasnow has a 3.71 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 10 walks in 17 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander has never made more than 22 starts in a major league season.

After the game, Glasnow said he was feeling cramping in both legs, but mostly his right, push-off leg. He had a similar issue with cramping last April when the Dodgers were in Toronto against the Blue Jays.

“It started in the third, my entire lower half just started cramping up, and got worse and worse. I was able early on to stretch it, but then it fully grabbed and I couldn’t get rid of it,” Glasnow told reporters in Arlington after the game, as showed on SportsNet LA. “It was changing the way I threw, and wasn’t letting go.”

Glasnow said after the game he felt fine after hydrating, and Roberts said it’s expected Glasnow will make his next scheduled start on Sunday against the Pirates at Dodger Stadium.