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October 24, 2007
BY STEVEN KRASNER
Journal Sports Writer
BOSTON -- Coco Crisp, who banged his left knee on the wall after making a sterling series-ending catch in the triangle last Sunday night, is not in the starting lineup.
That wasn't necessarily a surprise because Jacoby Ellsbury had started the last two games of the ALCS, when the Red Sox overcame the Cleveland Indians and earned their spot in the World Series.
But Boston manager Terry Francona didn't seem certain that Crisp would be able to play for defensive purposes late in tonight's game if the situation called for it.
''We'll watch him move around and the hope is that there's a lot of improvement today. But as of yet, I can't tell you that for sure," said Francona this afternoon during his pregame press conference.
As for Ortiz, Francona said he wasn't permitted because of privacy laws to divulge whether the Sox' slugger had received another cortisone shot in his ailing right knee. But sources indicate that Ortiz, who already has had two cortisone shots in the area since the All-Star break, did not have another one and will do his best to play through the injury, which will require surgery after the Series.
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