In early August, just before signing a massive extension with the Red Sox, rookie Roman Anthony felt his back tighten up during pregame warmups and was a late scratch for a game against the Royals. The rookie, though, only missed two games. He and the team appeared to have dodged a bullet.

But an apparently new issue resurfaced on Tuesday night, as Anthony left Boston's game against the Cleveland Guardians early with what at first appeared to have been another back issue but was later described by the team as "oblique tightness"

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Anthony, who had been 1-for-2 with an RBI single, swung and missed for strike three in the bottom of the fourth inning. He immediately reached for his lower left back and continued to do so

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