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Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock pitched with a fractured tibia
Boston Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock pitched through the final month of the season with a fractured right tibia, without knowing it was broken.
He was diagnosed after the Red Sox were swept by the New York Yankees in a two-game playoff series in late September.
Whitlock pitched once in that series, allowing three earned runs in 1⅓ innings.
In September, he had made eight appearances and allowed no earned runs over 7⅓ innings.
Earlier in the season, knee inflammation and an elbow issue had each sent him to the injured list.
Whitlock does not need surgery and will wear a walking boot for four to six weeks.
He is expected to be back to full strength in time for spring training.
Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock pitched with a fractured right tibia during the final month of the season without knowing he was injured.
Imaging after Boston’s Wild Card series against the Yankees revealed the fracture.
Whitlock will not need surgery and is expected to wear a walking boot for four to six weeks.
In September, he made eight appearances and allowed no earned runs over 7 1/3 innings.
- Who
- Garrett Whitlock, a Red Sox reliever.
- What
- He pitched with a fractured right tibia without knowing it.
- When
- During the final month of the season, including September.
- Where
- Boston. The fracture was diagnosed after the Red Sox’s Wild Card series.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Whitlock made eight appearances and allowed no earned runs over 7 1/3 innings.
The Yankees swept Boston in a two-game Wild Card series, ending the Red Sox’s season.
Imaging revealed Whitlock’s fractured right tibia.
- Injury
- Fractured right tibia
- September appearances
- 8
- September innings
- 7 1/3
- Earned runs allowed in September
- 0
- Recovery
- Four to six weeks in a walking boot
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