Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun staff

After an hour and 32 minutes of waiting and getting wet, the Mike Lowell Spinners got started with Red Sox righthanded reliever Keith Foulke on the mound against the Vermont Lake Monsters in hist first rehab assigntment since going on the 15-day Disabled List on June 13 with tendonitis in this throwing elbow.

Foulke wasted no time getting started, retiring the side in order to start the game.

Last year, he pitched 3.2 innings in three appearances with the Spinners last as he rehabbed after arthroscopic knee surgery. He finished with an earned run average of 7.36 and five strikeouts.

So far he is 2-1 with a 5.63 ERA in 29 relief appearances with Boston this season.

Does anyone still see Foulke factoring into the Sox bullpen this year? Does he have any value for the Sox in potential trade plans? Is he going to allow the Red Sox to shake things up in their less-than-stellar bullpen?