The Red Sox held Adley Rutschman out of the lineup for the second straight game Tuesday as the catcher dealt with what interim manager Chad Tracy called “irritation” in his right elbow.

Rutschman, Boston’s top trade-deadline acquisition, hyperextended the elbow during the team’s series in Miami last week and missed the next two games. He returned to start three of the Sox’s four games at Yankee Stadium over the weekend but was deemed unavailable for Monday’s 10-inning win over Seattle, per Tracy.

Before Tuesday’s matchup with the Mariners at Fenway Park, Tracy said he was not alarmed by Rutschman’s lingering discomfort, but that he does believe it will require monitoring for the rest of the season.

“I wouldn’t say it’s alarming, no, and I wouldn’t say it hasn’t bounced back,” Tracy said in his pregame news conference. “It’s just something that we’re dealing with. And again, he played in New York the other day and was sore, and he got three hits. So wouldn’t say it’s alarming. It’s just there’s spots that come up where if it’s sore and you feel like you can give it a little bit of an opportunity to calm down, then he’s in a better spot.

“So, alarm? No. I know it’s there. I know it’s something we’ve just got to keep continuing to monitor, and hopefully if we can give him some rest and then go, that he can get past it. So we’ll see. It’s kind of like a day-to-day situation with him and monitoring where he’s at.”

An MRI on Rutschman’s elbow revealed “nothing … that we didn’t expect to see,” Tracy said. When the Red Sox acquired the three-time All-Star from Baltimore last month, he was on the injured list with inflammation in his left wrist.

“It’s possible (the elbow issue will linger), but you don’t know,” Tracy said. “If we give them these rest periods, you may get to a point where he says, ‘Hey, I feel really, really good,’ and then you’re off to the races. Here you go. So it’s just day-to-day for right now. Make sure we take care of him, make sure we have him available throughout the season, and hopefully we do it the right way, and maybe we get to a point where he feels really, really good.”

Rutschman has struggled as a hitter since his blockbuster trade to Boston, slashing .170/.254/.245 with two extra-base hits, six walks and 15 strikeouts in 15 games. Connor Wong started behind the plate Monday and Tuesday.

Tracy said “it’s possible” Rutschman will be available when the Red Sox and Mariners close out their three-game series on Wednesday.