BOSTON — Pitcher Zack Kelly left Sunday’s Red Sox game in the top of the sixth inning, unable to continue with what the team later termed right oblique tightness.
Kelly, who had entered the game in the top of the fifth and allowed a run, opened the sixth by hitting Toronto second baseman Andres Gimenez in the foot with a pitch.
As Gimenez was attended to by a member of the Toronto training staff, Kelly summoned a Red Sox trainer and manager Alex Cora to address an injury of his own.
Kelly appeared to be gingerly stretching his lower back or side as he spoke with the trainer. He then attempted two warmup pitches, after which the decision was made to remove him from the game.
As Kelly walked off the mound, he cursed loudly into his glove in frustration.
Kelly, who had been optioned to Triple A Worcester earlier in the season, before being recalled on May 25. Prior to Sunday, he had pitched to a 5.40 ERA over
