Dustin Pedroia missed Monday night’s game because his wife went into labor early:

Dustin Pedroia went through something far worse Monday than a three-error game, or a four-strikeout night. He had to sit by panicked while his wife Kelli, seven months pregnant with the couple’s first child, went into early labor.

The doctors were able to halt the labor, and she was doing well last night.

“She’s good. She’s a lot tougher than I am, I’ll tell you that. But she’ll be alright,” Pedroia said.

I’m glad everything worked out. Another marvel of modern medicine.