Sonny Gray Exits Start With Apparent Injury
Gray was removed from the game during the third inning.
Sonny Gray Exits Start With Apparent Injury originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox were handed some injury news on Monday morning.
Boston was hosting Detroit on its annual Marathon Monday game, and Gray was taking the mound for the Red Sox. The right-hander was off to a great start as he went 2. 2 innings, allowing one run on three hits, while striking out two.
Gray pitched two scoreless innings before allowing a lead-off double to Matt Vierling, who came around to score two batters later on a single from Jake Rogers. After walking Gleyber Torres, following a strikeout of Kevin McGoingle, Gray appeared to be injured. Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey immediately went out to the mound along with manager Alex Cora and a trainer.
After some discussion, the Red Sox pulled Gray due to the injury after throwing just one warm-up pitch. In relief of Gray, Boston turned to left-hander Danny Coulombe, who got Colt Keith to ground out to second baseman Marcelo Mayer to end the inning. It’s a disappointing ending to Gray’s start, as he was pitching well and was limiting the Tigers' offense.