Curtis Mead leaves first start with Red Sox after trade early after being hit by pitch in win over Athletics
Curtis Mead’s debut with the Boston Red Sox did not go as planned on Monday night.
Mead left the Red Sox’s 4-2 win over the Athletics early after being hit in the hand by a pitch. Mead was up to bat in the fourth inning of the contest at Sutter Health Park when a pitch from Athletics starter Jack Perkins came up and drilled him directly in his left hand.
Mead was clearly in significant pain as he walked it off, and he was quickly replaced by Anthony Seigler.
Curtis Mead left the game in his Red Sox debut after being hit by a pitch on the hand
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Further specifics of the injury are not yet known.
Mead was only dealt to the Red Sox on Saturday night in a one-for-one deal with the Washington Nationals. In return, the Red Sox sent pitcher Connelly Early to Washington.
Mead entered the night with a .254 batting average with 17 home runs and 48 RBI this season.
The Red Sox scored all of their runs in the sixth inning on Monday night, thanks to a grand slam from WHO Rafaela. That snapped a very slow start for Boston, which didn’t manage a single hit until that frame.
The win pushed Boston to 55-50 on the year, and marked their third win in four games after having a franchise-tying 15-game win streak snapped last week.
The Athletics, now 44-62, will host the Red Sox again on Tuesday in the second game of their four-game series.
