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An inning after he laid out trying to catch a Jose Molina pop fly, Jacoby Ellsbury was pulled from tonight's Yankee-Red Sox game in the fourth inning with a tight right hamstring.

After the game, he said the injury was "nothing serious," but wasn't sure if he would be in the lineup tomorrow.

"We'll see. I'll come in early and see how it feels," said Ellsbury, who stole his 16th base tonight and depends on his hamstrings to get quick jumps.

"For how it felt during the game, it's a lot better," he said.

Manager Terry Francona said Ellsbury let him know the hamstring was tight after he stole a base in the first inning. When he dove for Molina's ball in the third, he clearly felt it.

"That ball, he came in there and dove. He said he could feel it, and he was thinking about it, and again we're just trying not to do something that doesn't make sense. So we got him out," Francona said.

Ellsbury was replaced by Jonathan Van Every in center field.

Ellsbury joins Kevin Youkilis on the bench with a strain in his lower left torso. Youkilis will also be re-evaluated tomorrow

 Tags  Dan Barbarisi Jacoby Ellsbury Jonathan Van Every

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