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Sox notes: Crisp out with sore hamstring

*Coco Crisp, who is not in the lineup, has a sore hamstring. Manager Terry Francona said "it's not much of anything" and should be fine. Crisp missed the majority of spring training due to a groin injury.

*Alex Cora has been placed on the 15-day DL with a right elbow strain. As a result Joe Thurston has been recalled from Pawtucket. Cora is having an MRI right now.

"He's a terrific kid," said Francona talking about Thurston. "Every spring training game he had energy and he showed up and played the game right. He worked hard at being valuable at a lot of different positions, and because of that he finds himself in a major-league uniform. There are a lot of coaches in here who are very excited, not to mention his teammates."

*Shortstop Julio Lugo, who twisted his ankle in Cleveland Tuesday night, is fine.

*Pitcher Bartolo Colon (oblique) was playing catch today, but has not been cleared to start pitching. He was riding the stationary bike in the clubhouse early today.

*Rookie Clay Buchholz will make his Yankee Stadium debut tonight. The right-hander faced the Yankees for the first time at Fenway Park last weekend and pitched well. Francona said he's expecting the same tonigh.

"We try not to deviate from the norm, regardless of who we're playing," said the manager. "He's not a real excitable kid. He handles things pretty well. If he does get charged up hopefully he uses that to his advantage."

Posted by Joe McDonald  at 4:37 PM | Permalink

Red Sox lineups from Da Bronx

BOSTON

Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Ramirez LF
Youkilis 1B
Drew RF
Varitek C
Casey 1B
Lugo SS

Buchholz P

NEW YORK

Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui LF
Posada DH
Giambi 1B
Cano 2B
Moeller C

Wnag P

Posted by Sean McAdam  at 3:45 PM | Permalink

Joe Thurston called up from Pawtucket for Cora

NEW YORK -- The Red Sox placed Alex Cora (elbow) on the disabled list today and purchased the contract of infielder Joe Thurston from Pawtucket to take his place on the 25-man roster.
Thurston has been playing mostly second base with the Pawsox, for whom he was hitting .255 with two RBI in 12 games.
In 55 major league games with the Phillies and Dodgers, Thurston has a .259 career batting average.
He was signed as a minor league free agent last winter.

Posted by Sean McAdam  at 3:17 PM | Permalink

Red Sox back to NESN

Reversing practice so far during the NHL playoffs, NESN will be carrying the Red Sox-Yankees game tomorrow night -- meaning that the game will also be available on high definition -- while the Bruins-Canadiens game 5 will be pushed to Cox.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 2:39 PM | Permalink

Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Another ninth-inning win

Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning from as he was en route to the Cleveland airport and a morning flight to New York. He discusses the motivation teams get from late-inning wins, Jason Varitek's early-season power surge, Jed Lowrie's debut, Alex Cora's injured elbow and tonight's Clay Buchholz vs. Chien-Ming Wang matchup.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 10:46 AM to Projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam | Permalink

Radio report: Cora on DL, Thurston likely replacement

WEEI is reporting this morning that, as anticipated in today's Providence Journal, utility infielder Alex Cora has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with an elbow injury, and that Pawtucket infielder Joe Thurston will probably take his place on the Boston roster. Thurston, 28, has had previous big-league stints with the Dodgers and the Phillies. Click here to read a profile of Thurston by Joe McDonald.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 10:39 AM | Permalink