{"id":439862,"date":"2026-09-18T11:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439862\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:02:18","slug":"willson-contreras-leaves-the-red-soxs-game-at-texas-after-being-hit-by-a-pitch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439862\/","title":{"rendered":"Willson Contreras leaves the Red Sox\u2019s game at Texas after being hit by a pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26260093556880-e1789701000689.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n\t\t\tBoston Red Sox&#8217;s Willson Contreras drops his bat after being hit by a pitch thrown by Texas Rangers&#8217; Nathan Eovaldi in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/Tony Gutierrez)\t\t<\/p>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Boston first baseman Willson Contreras left the Red Sox\u2019s game Thursday night against the Texas Rangers in the eighth inning after being hit by a pitch in the area of the right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Contreras was struck by a first-pitch sinker thrown by Jakob Junis after Wilyer Abreu drew a leadoff walk with the Rangers leading 3-1. Contreras walked to first base in obvious pain, was examined by a team trainer, and headed to the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>Two batters later, Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off Jacob Latz.<\/p>\n<p>Contreras was previously 1 for 3 with a single. He was hit by a pitch Wednesday night after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of the Red Sox\u2019s 7-3 loss to the Rangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox&#8217;s Willson Contreras drops his bat after being hit by a pitch thrown by Texas Rangers&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-439862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}