BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony left Tuesday night's game after grabbing his back during an at-bat and walking gingerly back to the dugout.
The Red Sox said Anthony had left oblique muscle tightness.
Anthony winced after whiffing on a 3-2 curveball for the second out in the bottom of the fourth inning. He walked off, still holding his back, and was led immediately up the tunnel to the clubhouse.
He was replaced in right field for the top of the fifth by Nate Eaton.
Anthony, 21, had an RBI single in Boston's four-run second inning. He is batting .292 with eight homers and 32 RBIs since he was called up on June 9, and was on track to finish second in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, behind the Athletics' Nick Kurtz.
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