The Red Sox’ starting rotation took a minor blow on Sunday.
Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi was placed on the 15-day injured list due to low back inflammation, retroactive to June 9. He was already scratched from his next scheduled start, which was Tuesday against the Athletics. Nick Pivetta will start instead.
“He’s doing OK,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters on Saturday. “We’re going to push him back. He’s not going to start Tuesday. It’s going to be Nick. We’re just going to give him probably an extra day and see how he reacts today, how he reacts tomorrow, and then we’ll make a decision.