FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -Kevin Youkilis could rejoin the Red Sox lineup on Monday after giving his sprained left ankle more time to lead.
The first baseman returned to the Red Sox on Wednesday from the World Baseball Classic with a mild sprain and mild Achilles tendinitis in his left foot. He had been wearing a hard plastic boot, then was examined Saturday by team physician Dr. Peter Asnis and took batting practice while wearing running shoes.
“He can maybe get a couple of at-bats on Monday,” manager Terry Francona before his team’s game against the Marlins in Jupiter. “We certainly don’t want this to linger.”
Youkilis said the foot is better and that batting practice did not bother him.
“It felt good,” he said. “It felt awkward just for the fact that I’ve been wearing a boot for two days. So the feeling of not having a boot on was weird. So other than that, I think it was more just the normal feeling of putting a shoe on again, and just walking around. But nothing bad. We’ll test it out tomorrow, taking ground balls and all that.
or anything like that,” he said. “But hopefully just staying off of it for a couple of days will bring it back. I think it’ll be fine. I think I just need to rest it. We know how to strengthen the spots that were weak, and it’ll be fine. Just ready to go out and play some ball now. If I could play tomorrow, I’d love to. But, I don’t think they’ll let me. They’ll probably want me to play and have a day off and then play again. As long as it doesn’t hurt, that’s all that matters.”
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