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June 23, 2008
By Joe McDonald
Journal Sports Writer
BOSTON _ Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis has just been removed from the game after being hit in the eye by the baseball. He suffered a contusion under the right eye and was taken for a precautionary CT scan.
In between the fourth and fifth innings, Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell short-hopped a throw to Youkilis. The ball bounced off the clay and drilled him in the right eye. Youkilis was attended to by team trainer Paul Lessard and manager Terry Francona and removed from the game.
Brandon Moss is now playing first. Moss is a natural outfielder, but the Red Sox began to work him out as a first baseman late last season. This year in Pawtucket he played 32 of his 37 games for the PawSox at first. This is his first time playing first in the majors.
The reason Moss is playing first base is due to the fact that backup first baseman Sean Casey began is three-game suspension tonight for his part in June 5 bench-clearing brawl against Tampa at Fenway Park.
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