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BOSTON -- As expected, Kevin Youkilis was not in the Red Sox lineup against the Rays on Friday, and manager Terry Francona said the All-Star third baseman will also be held out of Saturday's contest.Youkilis said Thursday that he's going to give the team everything he has, but dealing with a sports hernia on top of his array of injuries has stopped him from playing the way he likes to. "He's just cheap football shirts getting stiff and sore," Francona said, "and anything rotational or diving -- just about anything you would do on the field just to be productive -- is getting harder for him."Francona said the team isn't close to calling the season over for Youkilis, but they'll keep a close eye on him the rest of the way. Since the All-Star break, he's hitting just .199 with four home runs in 136 at-bats, his w cheap football shirts orst half season in the Majors. "We're going to have to let this thing calm down a little bit and then we'll go from there," Francona said. "So how much -- and what -- we get out of him will be determined by how quickly he recovers and how good he feels. Because last night he didn't feel very good, and I think it was pretty obvious." Scutaro red-hot in September BOSTON -- There hasn't been a h cheap football shirts otter bat in the Major Leagues this September than that of Red Sox shortstop Marco Scutaro, who is hitting .444 over his last 45 at-bats entering Friday.Manger Terry Francona opted to bat Scutaro sixth on Friday to try to get the offense going against the Rays' James Shields, who leads the Majors with 11 complete games."Because he stays out there so long, we have to put a lineup out there that I t cheap football shirts hink has a chance to put up some runs against him," Francona said. "That's what we thought was our best way."With the abundance of injuries in the Red Sox clubhouse, Scutaro has found himself batting second more often than not. But with cleanup hitter Kevin Youkilis out for at least a few days, Josh Reddick got the nod in the fifth spot and the hot-hitting Scutaro was moved to sixth.Scutaro's seco cheap football shirts nd-half numbers have been a complete turnaround from his .259 average, .326 on-base percentage and .365 slugging percentage before the All-Star break. With Jed Lowrie battling an injured left shoulder, Scutaro has been getting a lot of time at short and has taken advantage. After hitting six doubles in the first half, he's hit 14 since and is slugging .452."If they make a mistake right now, he hit cheap football shirts s it," Francona said. "Last night they elevated a pitch and he jumped right on it. That's the sign. ... He sees the ball he likes and he whacks it. I hope it continues." Worth noting #149; There was another setback in outfielder J.D. Drew's recovery, manager Terry Francona said on Friday. Drew was supposed to start swinging a bat soon but he had "a little bit of a neck problem," so that's bee cheap football shirts n put on hold. #149; With a doubleheader against the Orioles set for Monday, Francona said John Lackey would start one of the games, but he was still undecided as to who would start the other, and he prefers to keep Alfredo Aceves as an option out of the bullpen. Kyle Weiland, who threw just 61 pitches in his start on Thursday, will start Tuesday's game. #149; Francona again came to the defense of cheap football shirts Marco Scutaro, who jumped out of the way of a broken bat Thursday night and allowed a ground ball to roll between his legs. "The bat arrived before the ball. If that was you, what would you have done? I would've gotten out of the way." #149; Closer Jonathan Papelbon remains one save away from 30 and would become the first pitcher in history to record 30 or more saves in each of his first six full cheap football shirts Major League seasons. He's in the midst of a 21-inning scoreless streak, the longest active scoreless streak in the Majors. cheap football shirts
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