Update: The game has been postponed due to rain and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Saturday.
BOSTON — Third baseman Alex Bregman left Game 1 of Boston’ doubleheader Friday in the fifth inning because of tightness in his right quad.
He of course will not play in the second game. First pitch between the Red Sox and Orioles is scheduled for 7:10 p.m.
The Red Sox have promoted righty Cooper Criswell as their 27th man.
Nick Sogard will play third base and Abraham Toro will play first base.
Connor Wong will catch after Carlos Narváez was behind the plate in the first game.
“Just tight,” manager Alex Cora said about Bregman. “We’ll see how he comes in tomorrow. So he won’t play the second one. He’ll get treatment. We’ll know more tomorrow.”
Bregman said he has “no idea yet” whether it will require an IL stint. He said it’s day-to-day right now. He added that he actually feels more positive about it than he initially did.
“I feel we’ll know a lot more tomorrow after sleeping and see how it presents in the morning,” Bregman said. “All my strength is still there right now, which is good so far. So it’s just kind of a day-to-day thing at this point and kind of see when I wake up tomorrow how it feels.”
Righty Lucas Giolito (1-1, 7.08 ERA) will start for Boston.
BALTIMORE ORIOLES (16-33) @ BOSTON RED SOX (26-26) · FENWAY PARK · BOSTON, MA · GAME 52
FIRST PITCH: 7:10 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN (MLB Network out of market)
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: TBD vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (1-1, 7.08 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
- Jarren Duran LF
- Rafael Devers DH
- Rob Refsnyder RF
- Trevor Story SS
- Nick Sogard 3B
- Abraham Toro 1B
- Kristian Campbell 2B
- Connor Wong C
- Ceddanne Rafaela CF
