{"id":440412,"date":"2026-09-18T22:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440412\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T22:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T22:20:16","slug":"bostons-willson-contreras-has-bruised-right-hand-after-hit-by-jakob-junis-pitch-in-win-vs-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440412\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston&#8217;s Willson Contreras has bruised right hand after hit by Jakob Junis pitch in win vs. Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/boston-red-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston Red Sox\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u201cWe&#8217;re going to take it day to day,\u201d Chad Tracy said<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Red_Sox_Rangers_Baseball_5688_-6aaca7ec25ac6-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-16:9 size-16:9 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\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) AP\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-article-header__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Associated Press\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 17, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>1 minute to read<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Willson Contreras left the Boston\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/boston-red-sox\/2026\/09\/17\/trevor-storys-3-run-homer-lifts-red-sox-to-4-3-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-3<\/a> win over Texas on Thursday night in the eighth inning after he was hit by a pitch on his right hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/boston-red-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sox<\/a> interim manager Chad Tracy said the first baseman\u2019s hand was bruised with some swelling and X-rays were negative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to take it day to day,\u201d Tracy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contreras was struck by a first-pitch sinker from 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 an athletic trainer and headed to the dugout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two batters later, Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off Jacob Latz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contreras was 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 Boston\u2019s 7-3 loss to the Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the latest Boston sports news<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Receive updates on your favorite Boston teams, straight from our newsroom to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox \u201cWe&#8217;re going to take it day to day,\u201d Chad Tracy said Boston Red Sox&#8217;s Willson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-440412","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\/440412","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=440412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}