{"id":598301,"date":"2026-04-21T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598301\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:22:11","slug":"red-sox-place-sonny-gray-on-il-with-strained-hamstring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598301\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox place Sonny Gray on IL with strained hamstring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26110593316338.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-featured-image size-newspack-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"   data-attachment-id=\"7628763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/04\/21\/red-sox-place-sonny-gray-on-il-with-strained-hamstring\/tigers-red-sox-baseball-36\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/AP26110593316338.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4800,3433\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Boston Red Sox' startng pitcher Sonny Gray, center, is visited on the mound by teammates Carlos Narvaez, left, and Willson Contreras after appearing to injure himself in the third inning during a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, April 20, 2026 in Boston. He would leave the game with the injury. (AP Photo\/Jim Davis)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1776704151&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;420&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tigers Red Sox Baseball&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tigers Red Sox Baseball\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Boston Red Sox\u2019 startng pitcher Sonny Gray, center, is visited on the mound by teammates Carlos Narvaez, left, and Willson Contreras after appearing to injure himself in the third inning during a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, April 20, 2026 in Boston. He would leave the game with the injury. (AP Photo\/Jim Davis)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sonny Gray, center, is visited on the mound by teammates Carlos Narvaez, left, and Willson Contreras after injuring his right hamstring during his start Monday against the Tigers. (Jim Davis\/Associated Press)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/AP26110593316338.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/AP26110593316338.jpg?w=780\"\/>\t\t\tSonny Gray, center, is visited on the mound by teammates Carlos Narvaez, left, and Willson Contreras after injuring his right hamstring during his start Monday against the Tigers. (Jim Davis\/Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>BOSTON \u2014 The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Sonny Gray on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday because of a right hamstring strain and recalled lefty Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A Worcester to replace him on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Gray lasted just 2 2\/3 innings against the Detroit Tigers\u00a0on Monday, giving up one run on three hits before experiencing discomfort in his right leg. He said after the game he had similar problems in 2022 and \u201924.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of knew what it was,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just happens every now and then. It\u2019s just something that I\u2019m always having to monitor since the first time it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gray, 36, is 2-1 with a 4.30 ERA in five starts this season. He is 127-103 with a 3.59 ERA in a 14-year career with six teams.<\/p>\n<p>Samaniego, 27, made his major league debut on April 8 against the Milwaukee Brewers and appeared in three games for the Red Sox, throwing 3 2\/3 hitless and scoreless innings. He is 10-8 with a 3.89 ERA over six minor league seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sonny Gray, center, is visited on the mound by teammates Carlos Narvaez, left, and Willson Contreras after injuring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-598301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}