Sonny Gray left Monday’s Patriots’ Day game against the Detroit Tigers because of right hamstring tightness in the third inning and he is expected to land on the injured list, according to MassLive.com.
It comes just as the Red Sox, who are off to a disappointing 9-13 start, welcome the Yankees to Fenway Park on Tuesday night for the first series of the season between the AL East teams.
Gray sparked the flames of the rivalry this offseason when he was traded to the Red Sox and revealed how much he disliked his time with the Yankees.
“It feels good to me to go to a place where it’s easy to hate the Yankees,” Gray told reporters in December.
Gray, who pitched for the Yankees in 2017-18, was not scheduled to pitch in the three-game set against the Yankees.
The righty had just walked Gleyber Torres on Monday when he started bending down, stretching and bending his right leg.
Pitching coach Andrew Bailey and catcher Carlos Narváez 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 with the Red Sox leading, 2-1.
“Sonny is going to get an MRI (Tuesday),” Cora said after Boston’s 8-6 victory. “We don’t think it’s serious.”
However, Gray knew he wouldn’t be able to continue after testing the leg.
“I threw that last 3-2 pitch and I felt just like a grab to my right hamstring, something I’ve felt before,” said Gray, who is 2-1 with a 4.30 ERA in five starts. “I 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.”
Gray previously dealth with right hamstring issues in 2022 and ’24.
“I’ve dealt with it for a while. Just managed it,” he said. “It just happens every now and then. It’s just something that I’m always having to monitor since the first time it happened.”
The Red Sox are expecrted to promote Tyler Samaniego to take Gray’s place on the roster, according to MassLive.
— With AP
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