After exiting Friday's game in the third inning, Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman has been placed on the injured list and could miss an extended period of time.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman left the team's game Friday after he came up awkwardly after rounding first base on a long single. The injury occurred in the first game of a day-night doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles before he was ruled out of the night game with right quad tightness.

Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman could be nearing a trip to the injured list after leaving Friday’s game with right quadriceps tightness, manager Alex Cora said. “He’s getting an MRI. He’s sore,” Cora said at Fenway Park on Saturday morning before Boston was set to face the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a split doubleheader.