Boston, MA
Red Sox’s Pivetta hit by comebacker, exits start
Boston Purple Sox beginning pitcher Nick Pivetta was hit within the leg by a comebacker to finish the third inning and got here out of the group’s 9-1 win towards the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday.
Pivetta suffered a left calf contusion, in line with the group.
The precise-hander recovered the bottom ball by Leody Taveras and received the ultimate out of the inning earlier than hobbling off. Reliever Tyler Danish took the mound for the underside of the fourth.
Pivetta entered his twenty seventh begin of the season 9-10 on the yr with a 4.40 ERA. He yielded one run on 4 hits and two walks over three innings, fanning two batters.