PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz homered in his rehab debut at Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday night as he tries to work his way back from a wrist injury that has kept him out of the lineup since May 31.
Ortiz popped up to shortstop in his first at-bat. When he came up again to lead off the fourth inning, he fell behind 0-2 before lining a 1-2 pitch off the top of the right-field wall and into the Toledo Mud Hens bullpen.
Ortiz is scheduled to spend a week in the minors as he tries to work himself back into shape from a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist.
He is expected to return to the Red Sox lineup on July 25 for the opener of a weekend series against the New York Yankees.
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