Red Sox starter Sonny Gray leaves game with hamstring injury

One of many Pink Sox’ prime offseason acquisitions seems to be stung by the harm bug.

​Boston starter Sonny Grey left the Pink Sox’ Patriots Day sport in opposition to the Tigers after simply 2.2 innings of labor — with Boston pulling him prematurely as a result of proper hamstring tightness.

​Grey was within the midst of a strong outing in opposition to Detroit earlier than his harm, limiting the Tigers to a few hits, one run, one stroll, and two strikeouts to open the sport.

​However Grey appeared to tweak one thing within the third inning after issuing a stroll to Gleyber Torres, prompting Pink Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey to return out to the mound to talk with the veteran.

​Each Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora and Boston head athletic coach Brandon Henry rapidly adopted Bailey out on the mound, with Boston pulling Grey from his begin after he delivered one warmup pitch.

​With Grey getting the early hook, Boston turned to reliever Danny Coulombe to get out of the inning. Boston’s bullpen is already operating on fumes, particularly after Pink Sox ace Garrett Crochet solely lasted 5 innings on Sunday in opposition to Detroit.

​Grey — who sports activities a 4.30 ERA by his first 5 begins of the season — has been one of many extra sturdy starters in baseball over the previous few seasons. The 36-year-old righty has recorded at the least 166.1 innings in every of his final three campaigns with the Twins and Cardinals.

​If Grey must spend a while on the injured record, the Pink Sox will doubtless flip to prime prospect Payton Tolle to fill in inside Boston’s rotation. Tolle, 23, has made three begins to this point for Triple-A Worcester — posting a 3.00 ERA and putting out 19 over 15 innings of labor.

 

Conor Ryan is a workers author protecting the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Pink Sox for Boston.com, a job he has held since 2023.