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One stone gets two birds

With lefty Horacio Ramirez pitching for Seattle tonight, the Red Sox were hoping to find a way to get Wily Mo Pena into the lineup. J.D. Drew’s illness turned out to be the way to do it.

Pena will play right field tonight and hit seventh in the lineup. Drew, who had returned from an illness and played Wednesday night, will get the night off, at least at the start.

``I don’t think he feels real good,’’ Francona said of Drew, who had one of the key hits in the victory over Oakland Wednesday. ``I probably rushed him back.’’ Francona said he had been trying to find a way to get Pena in the game, so Drew’s situation made it easy for him.

``It covers both birds with one stone,’’ the manager said.

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 5:12 PM | Permalink