The Boston Red Sox lost a key slugger to injury after he was hit by a pitch.
First baseman Willson Contreras was forced to leave a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after being hit in the head by a pitch on Friday.
The incident occurred in the second inning with Will Klein pitching for the Dodgers. With runners on the corners, Klein lost control of a pitch that went up high and in on Contreras, but the Red Sox star was able to dive out of the way. However, in the same at-bat, another Klein pitch came up and struck Contreras in the head before he could avoid it.
Contreras stayed in the game to run the bases and came around to score, but was removed when the Red Sox took over on defence in the bottom of the inning.
Contreras leads the Red Sox with 23 home runs and a .943 OPS this season.
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