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Jun 30, 2009 4:05 pm US/Eastern
Mike Lowell Put On 15-Day DL
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Mike Lowell watches his first home run of spring training March 13 against the Yankees in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Boston Red Sox third baseman
Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip.
Lowell had
fluid drained from his hip Monday in Boston, and received an injection designed to the surgically repaired joint.
"The worst case scenario: He goes on the DL just to buy us a couple of weeks and get him for the second part of the season," manager Terry Francona said Monday.
Francona said Lowell had an injection of
Synvisc -- a gel-like substance that sometimes provides relief for inflamed tissue.
The move is retroactive to June 28; Lowell had played in only two of Boston's last nine games and returned to Boston following Sunday night's game in Atlanta. The 35-year-old is batting .282 with 10 home runs and 41 RBIs.
The Red Sox filled the void by recalling first baseman/outfielder Jeff Bailey from Triple-A Pawtucket. Bailey played earlier this season with Boston, batting .188 with three homers and nine RBIs in 23 games before being optioned to Pawtucket on May 31.
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