{"id":798653,"date":"2026-08-02T04:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798653\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T04:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:34:31","slug":"tracy-expects-contreras-to-return-for-red-sox-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798653\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracy expects Contreras to return for Red Sox on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-red-sox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> held out <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32532\/willson-contreras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Willson Contreras<\/a> from Saturday night&#8217;s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/game\/_\/gameId\/401816357\/red-sox-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3-2 win<\/a> over the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> as he underwent concussion testing, but the All-Star is expected to be back in the lineup Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">After Saturday&#8217;s win, Boston interim manager Chad Tracy told reporters he expects Contreras to be ready for the series finale in Los Angeles, barring any surprises in his last run through of tests in the morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Friday, Contreras left the series opener after he was hit by a pitch on the side of the helmet in the third inning of a 9-4 Boston victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Contreras, who is hitting .288 with 23 home runs and 67 RBIs, was struck by a 95 mph fastball from reliever <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4313163\/will-klein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Will Klein<\/a>. The first baseman was checked on by the medical staff before taking first base. He had already hit the dirt after Klein&#8217;s first pitch of the at-bat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Red Sox started <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42979\/nick-sogard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Sogard<\/a> at first base with Contreras out of the lineup on Saturday. Batting sixth, Sogard went 0-for-2 with a walk in the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8212; The Boston Red Sox held out Willson Contreras from Saturday night&#8217;s 3-2 win over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[339017,374,306171,352,2323,363,3,99],"class_list":["post-798653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-339017","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-contreras-willson","tag-espn","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798653","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=798653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}