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July 19, 2007
BOSTON -- If you looked at the previous post you'll notice the struggling J.D. Drew is out of tonight's lineup. Red Sox manager Terry Francona said the left fielder's hamstring, which has hampered him for much of the season, is acting up again so the club thought it best to take a night off.
''He’s kind of stuck in between,'' said Francona. ''He wants to play and we want him to play; it hurts.''
Francona said Drew slipped when catching a fly ball during Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals.
''We’re trying to do what’s right and it’s not very easy,'' added Francona. ''We’d love to play him, but at the same time we don’t want to hurt him. We’re going to do the best we can, and I don’t know if that means he plays tomorrow.''
The manager said the situation is a little perplexing because Drew doesn’t know the status of his hamstring, either.
''This is something that we don’t want to linger,'' said Francona. ''We want him to be okay. We thought we got there [last month], but evidently we didn’t.''
Francona was asked if he thought it was best to give the right fielder extended time off, possibly placing him on the disabled list, but the manager doesn’t think that’s an option.
''He feels that’s not necessary,'' Francona said. ''We thought about playing him today, so it’s that close.''
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Curt Schilling threw a side session on Wednesday, and long toss yesterday, with no set backs and will be ready to make a rehab start for the PawSox on Saturday.
-- JOE McDONALD
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