On the NESN pregame show, an interview was shown of Francona saying that Ortiz's wrist clicking is very "normal" and will not lead to further injury. This has to be a huge sigh of relief for RSN. Ortiz will bat his usual third spot in the line up.
Remy just talked to the pregame show as well. He said that he is concerned about the wrist. Talked to Ortiz who said he was scared to swing at the next pitch. It's something that Ortiz will probably have to get used to.
Here's tonight's lineup:
1) Drew RF
2) Pedroia 2B
3) Ortiz DH
4)Youkilis 1B
5) Lowell 3B
6) Bay LF
7) Lowrie SS
8) Varitek C
9) Ellsbury CF
Post game notes:
-Mike Lowell: Lowell is back in tonight's lineup after getting a shot in his hip yesterday. Lowell said he woke this morning with no pain. The NESN pregame folks (Tappyn, Macha) said that the shot is supposed to take a few days to work, so let's not expect a 4-4 night from Lowell.
-Jacoby Ellsbury: Jacoby is back in the lineup tonight. I mentioned yesterday that Francona would like to see him back in the lead off spot. If that doesn't work though, I wonder if Francona will consider placing Lowrie there. However, the last thing we need is to put unnecessary pressure on on another rookie. Ellsbury and Buccholz have enough of that going for them.
-Bartolo Colon: The big guy is making a rehab start for Pawtuckett tonight. After Buccholz's last start, it'd be nice to have Colon back up here.
Keywords: Bartolo Colon, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell
