Red Sox’ Trevor Story to undergo MRI on Saturday following shoulder injury
Shortstop Trevor Story will undergo an MRI on his left shoulder on Saturday. He was removed from the Red Sox game on Friday night during Boston’s 8-6 win over the Angels.
During the fourth inning, Story attempted to make a diving play to his right to field a Mike Trout ground ball. Story gloved the ball and then landed on his left arm. The shortstop remained down on the outfield grass, in pain, before he walked off the field with Alex Cora and a trainer.
"Obviously, I did something to the shoulder there. Pretty painful,” Story said. “We didn’t get images yet. So we’ll have that tomorrow. I’m not trying to put any words on it yet because we don’t know for sure. So yeah, painful. Just kind of landed on the body weight on the shoulder there.
“We’re refraining from kind of diagnosing it right now until we get more information tomorrow,” he added.
Story has not had any issues with his left shoulder in the past, but Boston will wait for the official diagnosis of his injury before figuring out what’s next.
“We don’t know how severe it is just yet. A lot of frustration,” Story said.
Story told reporters postgame that his instincts took over and he was trying to make a good play on Trout’s grounder.
“Instincts take over. I was just trying to make the play. That’s it,” Story said. “I had a good beat on it. Obviously, I caught the ball. When I hit the ground, I released it. Yeah, instincts just took over. I was trying to make a play for (starting pitcher) Kutter (Crawford). Obviously, not ideal.”
Story went 0-for-2 against Los Angeles before leaving. He is batting .226 this season, but began the night tied for the team lead with four RBIs.
The Story injury is eerily familiar to Adam Duvall, who suffered just nine games into the 2023 season. While the injury is different, it’s a gut punch for a team that is sitting at the top of the AL East for the first time in a long time.
"He's done everything right, everything possible to [play] more than 150 games and the playoffs," Cora said. "Hopefully we still can do that, but it was tough to go out there."
