In a highly surprising turn of events tonight, J.D. Drew returned to the Red Sox lineup, playing right field and batting fifth.
Drew had not played in five weeks because of a bulging disk in his back. His last appearance had been back on Aug. 17. He had an epidural earlier this week and only took live batting practice for the first time yesterday afternoon.
But Drew fell fit enough to play tonight. He reached on a fielder’s choice in his first at-bat and came around to score one of the Red Sox’ four first-inning runs off Fausto Carmona.
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