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Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was forced to exit Sunday’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays after taking a pitch to his right hand during the opening inning. The ball was thrown by Rays pitcher Nick Martinez.<\/p>

While Contreras managed to complete his trip around the bases, he did not take the field when the second inning began. Team officials initially described the injury as a contusion but announced plans to conduct medical imaging tests to fully evaluate the damage.<\/p>

This marks the eighth time this season that Contreras has been struck by a pitch, placing him in a three-way tie for most in Major League Baseball alongside St. Louis players J.J. Wetherholt and Ivan Herrera.<\/p>

The veteran player, who will celebrate his 34th birthday on Wednesday, currently paces Boston’s roster with eight home runs and 23 runs batted in while maintaining a .259 batting average across 39 games this season.<\/p>

This marks Contreras’s debut campaign with the Red Sox after being selected as an All-Star three times during his career. Over 1,116 major league games spanning stints with the Chicago Cubs from 2016-2022, the St. Louis Cardinals from 2023-2025, and now Boston, he has compiled a .258 career batting average alongside 180 home runs and 571 RBIs.<\/p>

Andruw Monasterio stepped in to take over first base duties and managed to collect hits during his first two plate appearances of the game.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was forced to leave Sunday’s game after taking a pitch to his right hand. The team initially called it a contusion but plans medical imaging to assess the full extent of the injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778444568511.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-gMt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48191,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/red-sox-star-issues-warning-after-being-hit-by-pitch-24th-time-by-brewers\/","url_meta":{"origin":64509,"position":0},"title":"Red Sox Star Issues Warning After Being Hit by Pitch 24th Time by Brewers","author":"Admin","date":"April 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras delivered a stern message to the Milwaukee Brewers after being struck by a pitch for the 24th time in his career by that team. 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