Red Sox 3rd baseman Alex Bregman leaves recreation with harm

BOSTON — Red Sox 3rd baseman Alex Bregman used to be got rid of within the 5th inning of Friday’s opening recreation of a doubleheader towards the Baltimore Orioles after what gave the impression to be a lower-body harm.

Bregman singled sharply to left box and made a large flip earlier than chickening out to the first-base bag. The two-time All-Star motioned to the Red Sox dugout with supervisor Alex Cora sprinting to test at the standing of the group’s main hitter. Bregman didn’t hassle checking the severity of the harm earlier than heading down the steps to get it looked at.

A two-time World Series winner who spent the 1st 9 seasons of his big-league occupation with the Houston Astros, Bregman signed with Boston in February. He entered Friday with a .297 batting reasonable with 11 house runs and 35 RBIs.

Abraham Toro got here on as a pinch runner for Bregman and remained within the recreation as Boston’s first baseman. Nick Sogard opened Friday’s recreation to start with however moved around the diamond to 3rd base.