There was a moment in Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees where Rafael Devers appeared to not run out a slow ground ball. Had he sprinted it looked as if he could have beaten the throw, which would have extended what was already a five-run seventh inning and reloaded the bases.

Asked about the play on Monday, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said it wasn’t an issue of not hustling, implying that the slugger is battling an unspecified minor injury.

“It wasn’t about hustling, we’ll leave it at that,” Cora said. “He’s playing every day, obviously he’s the DH and there are certain things, nothing major, but stuff we have to pay attention to.”

Devers has started all 68 of Boston’s games this season and is tied for the MLB lead in games played. Following the groundout in question Devers remained in the game and hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning, his 14th of the season.

Cora said Devers will continue to play every day, but acknowledged that the moment was the first time he was aware the three-time All-Star was dealing with some kind of issue, which he declined to elaborate on.

“I asked him, he’s doing ok,” Cora said. “It’s one of those where he’ll do his thing in the training room, he keeps it very quiet because he wants to post, but talking to (head trainer Brandon Henry) nothing major, something we can actually handle and he’ll be playing.”