The Red Sox are set to get back another pitching arm in the coming days.
Tanner Houck is returning to the Red Sox and pitch in either Monday or Tuesday’s game of their four-game series against the Astros. It’ll mark Houck’s first appearance in an MLB since June 16, when he suffered a facial fracture on a line drive hit to the face during a start against the Yankees.
Following tests, it was determined that Houck needed to undergo surgery to insert a plate under his right eye, where he was struck by Kyle Higashioka’s line drive.