Cloud. Silva Lining.
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Reese Hurt. Silva, Twins Shut Down Sox 4-2.
Bellhorn, Trot can't complete comeback solo.
D-Lowe pitched just well enough to lose.
Thumbs the Word
Pokey x-rays negative, should be able to avoid surgery.
Docs will watch overnight swelling.
RedSox.com: "Doctors optimistic he could return this weekend"
Captain Morgan on NESN: "Pokey will need a few weeks to recover"
Here we go again.
Theo on with Dale & Neumy on WEEI:
“The thumb is doing much better than he thought it would. The swelling
and the soreness has not risen to a level that he expected after
yesterday. So that’s good news especially because we’re going to be
treating this thing by the symptoms. It’s a sprain. It’s not a complete
rupture of the ligament. Surgery is not indicated. So we’re really
going to treat it with taping, maybe a partial splint and hopefully
that’s tolerant. I’d imagine that late this weekend, maybe Sunday,
he’ll try to take BP, and if that goes well he shouldn’t be too far
away from playing but we have not placed him on the disabled list,
that’s a pretty good indication that our medical staff thinks that we
need to treat the symptoms.”