Projo Sox Blog

BY SEAN McADAM
Journal Sports Writer

HOUSTON -- The Red Sox thought that Coco Crisp's suspension -- five games, reduced from seven after an appeal hearing earlier this week -- would begin tonight. But in an an apparent effort to keep Crisp out of the entire Tampa Bay series which begins Monday at Tropicana Field, Crisp's suspension won't begin until tomorrow and run through next Wednesday.

Eligible for one more game, Crisp is back in the lineup tonight before his mandated five-game suspension begins Saturday.

"That just makes the most sense," said manager Terry Francona, who added that Crisp wasn't originally going to play tonight.

"It's better than seven," said Crisp of the reduction. "They could have easily said seven."

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