The Boston Red Sox entered their 2025 Wild Card Series versus the New York Yankees with injuries to key players, and both the team and fan base desperately want to avoid that scenario this year. Therefore,

Contreras was hit on the right hand by a 92.3-mile-per-hour sinker from Jakob Junis in the eighth inning of Thursday night’s 4-3 victory at Texas and left the game. Initial X-rays were negative, and no further tests were administered Friday.

A sleepy evening turned into an eventful one for the Red Sox in Texas — in good ways and bad. Seconds after Willson Contreras left the game in intense pain after being hit in the hand, Trevor Story hit a game-winning three-run homer.