Jacoby Ellsbury has been scratched from today's lineup with an undisclosed sickness. Josh Reddick goes to center and Drew Sutton will play left field.
Kevin Youkilis is back in the lineup after missing a game when he hit a foul ball of his left foot. X-rays were negative and Youkilis rebounded nicely.
Lots of Astros-Red Sox crossover.
Brad Mills spent the afternoon with buddy Terry Francona.
First base coach Ron Johnson has the pride of seeing son Chris in person tonight playing third base for the Astros.
Both Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford, Houston-area natives, did a ton of interviews with the local affiliates. Crawford is eligible to come off the DL Sunday, but won't.
Francona said he hopes to get Yamaico Navarro in a game or two. He may spell Marco Scutaro at shortstop or he may play one of the corner outfield spots.
Francona may go with the David Ortiz at first/Adrian Gonzalez right again as soon as tomorrow night's game. That's under consideration anyway.
Ortiz has been sworn to secrecy about who he'll chose in home run derby as the Derby captain for the AL. We can probably start with Jose Bautista and maybe got to Mark Teixeira.
New Sox lineup:
SS Marco Scutaro
2B Dustin Pedroia
1B Adrian Gonzalez
3B Kevin Youkilis
RF J.D. Drew
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia
CF Josh Reddick
LF Drew Sutton
P Tim Wakefield.