BOSTON (AP)—The Boston Red Sox placed struggling right fielder J.D. Drew(notes)
on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with a sore right shoulder and recalled
infielder Drew Sutton(notes) from Triple-A Pawtucket.

Drew is batting just .219 with four homers and 21 RBIs in the final year of
a five-year, $70 million contract and had largely lost his starting job to
rookie Josh Reddick(notes). The move was retroactive to July 20.

Sutton was called up for the third time this year. He was 5 for 16 on his
most-recent stay.

Also Tuesday, infielder Kevin Youkilis(notes) was not in the starting lineup a day
after straining his right hamstring trying to beat out an infield single.

“He’s a little sore. But he came through the exam last night pretty good,
which is really good,” manager Terry Francona said before Boston’s game against
the Kansas City Royals. “When he hit the bag, it looked bad and he kind of came
off limping and we got him out of there for precautionary reasons, and I’m glad
we did.”

Youkilis is hitting .279, with 14 homers and 72 RBIs and had appeared in 93
of the team’s first 100 games.

Drew was just 6 for 47 with no homers and three RBIs this month, with his
last homer on June 8.

Francona said Drew’s shoulder had been bothering him for two weeks.

BOSTON (AP)—The Boston Red Sox placed struggling right fielder J.D. Drew(notes)
on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with a sore right shoulder and recalled
infielder Drew Sutton(notes) from Triple-A Pawtucket.

Drew is batting just .219 with four homers and 21 RBIs in the final year of
a five-year, $70 million contract and had largely lost his starting job to
rookie Josh Reddick(notes). The move was retroactive to July 20.

Sutton was called up for the third time this year. He was 5 for 16 on his
most-recent stay.

Also Tuesday, infielder Kevin Youkilis(notes) was not in the starting lineup a day
after straining his right hamstring trying to beat out an infield single.

“He’s a little sore. But he came through the exam last night pretty good,
which is really good,” manager Terry Francona said before Boston’s game against
the Kansas City Royals. “When he hit the bag, it looked bad and he kind of came
off limping and we got him out of there for precautionary reasons, and I’m glad
we did.”

Youkilis is hitting .279, with 14 homers and 72 RBIs and had appeared in 93
of the team’s first 100 games.

Drew was just 6 for 47 with no homers and three RBIs this month, with his
last homer on June 8.

Francona said Drew’s shoulder had been bothering him for two weeks.

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POSTED: 1:53 pm MDT May 31, 2011