BOSTON (AP) 鈥� Red Sox starter Sonny Gray left because of right hamstring tightness in the third inning of Monday鈥檚 Patriots鈥� Day game against the Detroit Tigers.
Gray had just walked Gleyber Torres when he started bending down, stretching and bending his right leg. Pitching coach Andrew Bailey and catcher Carlos Narv谩ez came out to visit.
Shortly after, manager Alex Cora and a trainer came out. Gray took a few warmup throws and, after a brief conversation, he walked off the field.
鈥淪onny is going to get an MRI (Tuesday),鈥� Cora said after Boston鈥檚 鈥淲e don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 serious.鈥�
Gray knew he wouldn鈥檛 be able to continue after testing the leg.
鈥淚 threw that last 3-2 pitch and I felt just like a grab to my right hamstring, something I鈥檝e felt before,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 kind of knew what it was. I knew that I needed to at least throw a warmup pitch before I would feel comfortable continuing. … I threw a warmup pitch, same feeling, not a grab, more of like a tightness after that.鈥�
He said he鈥檚 had right hamstring issues in 2022 and 鈥�24.
鈥淚鈥檝e dealt with it for a while. Just managed it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t just happens every now and then. It鈥檚 just something that I’m always having to monitor since the first time it happened.鈥�
Gray was replaced by left-hander Danny Coulombe. The Red Sox used seven relievers.
鈥淚n games like that, everybody has to be a part of it and contribute,鈥� Cora said. 鈥淭oday was like perfect.鈥�
The 36-year-old Gray entered the day 2-1 with a 4.43 ERA. He was acquired in a trade from St. Louis in November.
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