Roman Anthony leaves Red Sox game with ‘right wrist discomfort’ after swing

DETROIT — Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony left Monday’s game against the Tigers with an apparent injury after one at-bat, being replaced in left field by Masataka Yoshida.

During his first inning plate appearance against Detroit’s Tyler Holton, Anthony fouled off a pitch on a check swing and was seen flexing his right hand as interim manager Chad Tracy and head athletic trainer Brandon Henry came out to visit him. After taking a series of practice swings, Anthony stayed in the game and grounded into a fielder’s choice two pitches later. Anthony ran the bases, then played the field in the bottom of the first. It wasn’t until the bottom of the second inning that Yoshida replaced him.

The Red Sox deemed the reason for Anthony’s injury to be “right wrist discomfort.”

Anthony, who turns 22 on May 13, has struggled so far in his first major league season. Entering Monday, he had hit .231 with one homer, five doubles, five RBIs and a .681 OPS in his first 29 games. Anthony started in left field Monday with Jarren Duran as the designated hitter against the Tigers, who scratched Tarik Skubal from his start shortly before first pitch and announced the reigning American League Cy Young winner would have surgery to remove loose bodies from his throwing elbow.

Anthony has dealt with various injuries since debuting on June 9. His rookie campaign came to an end on September 2 when he suffered a Grade 2 oblique strain that cost him the final month of the regular season and the postseason. In late April, he missed four games due to an upper back issue.

Anthony entered the game hitting .250 (7-for-28) with two doubles in seven games since returning from that injury.