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Betts improving, but Cora playing it safe

BOSTON -- After being scratched from the lineup before Sunday's loss to the Braves, Mookie Betts was not in the Red Sox's Memorial Day lineup against the Blue Jays due to left side tightness. But manager Alex Cora is not worried about his star hitter.

"Just tightness," Cora said. "He'll be fine. He's getting treatment. We do feel that, you know, probably tomorrow might be a day that he'll come back. I'd prefer to stay away from it before probably two days, if everything is going this way. There's no need to push him. Makes no sense.