News about Tanner Houck

Rob Gronkowski was only ever going to throw the first pitch at a baseball game in one way. When tasked with doing the honors before the Boston Red Sox's game against the Cleveland Guardians, the former New England Patriots tight end decided to recreate his trademark football celebration by spiking the ball to the ground. Gronkowski, who made the 'Gronk Spike' famous in his iconic NFL career, then wheeled away in celebration at Fenway Park before jumping up for a chest-bump with Red Sox star Tanner Houck.

On Friday night, the right-hander came just under his right eye by a line drive from Kyle Higashioka of the New York Yankees. After losing the match in the rivalry matchup, the Red Sox reported on the night that he received stitches and was checked out at the hospital. It has now been revealed that the 26-year-old suffered a fractured nose. He was resting at home in stable health on Saturday and is scheduled for follow-up appointments next week to determine further care.

After leaving the Yankees' match against the Red Sox on Friday, Tanner Houck was stitched up and checked out at the hospital. After Boston's 15-5 victory, he was alert the entire time, so that's fine,' manager Alex Cora said. He has been shot, and he's right now getting more tests.' We'll know more at the end of the night, obviously. But he was lucky.' Kyle Higashioka of New York led off and fell behind 1-2 in the count as Boston led 10-1 in the fifth innings before hitting Houck with a 92 mph sinker straight up the middle and striking Houck. Cora said it cut him in his cheek area.

Willie Calhoun hit a tiebreaking homer, and New York defeated Boston in their three-game weekend series, with Domingo German wriggling out of trouble for six innings. Off a fourth-inning homer off Tanner Houck (3-6), Gleyber Torres put the Yankees ahead. In six innings, Houck had two runs and three hits. Six hits were allowed by a German (4-3) who took five and struck out five.

Corey Kluber, a two-time Cy Young winner, is expected to Boston's bullpen after the first-year Red Sox pitcher struggled in his first nine starts of the season. After the first-year Red Sox pitcher struggled in his first nine starts of the season, two-time Cy Young champion Corey Kluber is headed to Boston's bullpen. During an interview with WEEI on Wednesday, boss Alex Cora said that Tanner Houck, the former reliver, would remain in the rotation until Garrett Whitlock's imminent return from the injured list. We were waiting for Tanner to see how he felt after his injury,' Cora told WEEI on Wednesday.' We're going to make a change.'