FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Red Sox right-hander looking to make the team as a non-roster invitee has experienced an ill-timed injury setback.

Vinny Nittoli experienced elbow pain during his last outing on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins and has been shut down, Alex Cora said on Wednesday. Nittoli underwent an MRI on Tuesday but the club is still awaiting the results.

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“We’ll know more today, but he was in pain so we have to shut him down,” Cora said.

Nittoli has appeared in 15 MLB games over four big league seasons between 2021-24, most recently pitching for the Baltimore Orioles. The 35-year-old spent all of last season in Triple-A, posting a 4.58 ERA with 46 strikeouts over 39 1/3 innings split between the Brewers and Orioles’ affiliates.

Prior to the injury this spring Nittoli had appeared in three games for the Red Sox, posting two scoreless innings sandwiched around an ugly showing where he allowed four runs over 2/3 of a frame.

Extra innings

Romy Gonzalez (left shoulder) will be reevaluated on Friday six weeks out from his PRP shot and the club will decide how to proceed from there. … Patrick Sandoval and Kutter Crawford will both throw multiple innings of live batting practice on Friday. The two veterans have been brought along slowly after missing all of last season due to injury and are behind the other starters, but are trending towards a return to game action later in camp. … Asked for the latest on Triston Casas (ruptured patellar tendon), Cora said: “I don’t want to say he’s ahead but he’s moving well. I’m not a doctor and they’ll make the decision, but he looks pretty good, but we’re still I think a ways from seeing him every day.” … Infielder Anthony Seigler (knee) was scheduled to take ground balls on Wednesday after being a non-participant for much of the first half of camp. Cora said he’s getting back into the action little by little “but obviously (he’s) behind.”