Mike Lowell Hits Disabled List, Bailey Called Up Immediately

by Knox BardeenFiled under: Red Sox, MLB InjuriesComplaining of stiffness and limited to only nine at-bats over the last week, Mike Lowell on Monday, saw team Doctors.In the midst of injecting Mike Lowell with Synvisc to coat the joint in his surgically repaired hip yesterday, the Red Sox [team stats] medical staff also drained 15 ccs of fluid from the area.While this procedure could have lended to Lowell playing by the weekend, the Red Sox had Jeff Bailey join the team in Baltimore, just in case Lowell needed to be placed on the disabled list.The Red Sox announced their starting lineup for their Tuesday night's game against Baltimore and Jeff Bailey has already been slotted into the ninth spot in the batting order, and will play first base. Kevin Youkilis will move over the third base.Mike Lowell Hits Disabled List, Bailey Called Up Immediately originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:50:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email t...