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Nick Pivetta, Sunday’s scheduled starter, placed on COVID-19 IL

pink Sox Adam Hunger Nick Pivetta is the latest crimson Sox player to get delivered to the COVID-19 connected injured record.

The red Sox delivered an additional participant to the COVID-19 related injured record on Sunday.

Pitcher Nick Pivetta was positioned on the injured list simply hours earlier than he become scheduled to birth Sunday's video game towards the Indians. appropriate-passed pitcher Kutter Crawford could be referred to as up from Triple-A Worcester and will make his MLB debut on Sunday, starting in location of Pivetta.

With Pivetta getting brought to the COVID-19 related IL, the purple Sox now have 10 gamers who're out as a result of COVID. Of those 10, eight of them have verified effective for COVID-19 (Xander Bogaerts, Kiké Hernández, Matt Barnes, Christian Arroyo, Hirokazu Sawamura, Martin Pérez, and Yairo Muñoz) whereas reliever Josh Taylor is out as a result of being an in depth contact. It's unknown if Pivetta become delivered to the record because of checking out tremendous or for being an in depth contact.

satisfactory control educate Ramón Vázquez and energy and conditioning train Kiyoshi Momose have additionally verified positive, while first base educate Tom Goodwin is quarantining as a result of being a detailed contact.

In 26 begins this season, Pivetta has a 9-7 record with a four.67 period. He struggled in his remaining three begins, allowing 4 earned runs in each video game and 12 earned runs over 11.2 innings pitched.

Crawford, who was drafted by the crimson Sox within the 17th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, has break up time between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester this season. The 25-12 months-historic is 5-5 in sixteen video games (15 starts) with a 4.16 period. In his most fresh delivery, Crawford allowed just one unearned run on one hit with eight strikeouts and 0 walks over six innings pitched towards the Buffalo Bisons.

Sunday's late change comes in the midst of 4 straight fabulous outings from red Sox starters. Chris Sale, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Nathan Eovaldi all had great begins while Tanner Houck pitched 5 scoreless innings towards the Indians on Sunday. The crimson Sox are 4-0 over that stretch.

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