PLAYING TIME: Pedroia, Gordon nurse thumb injuries

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Pedroia's thumb sidelines him

Dustin Pedroia (2B, BOS) exited Tuesday's game after another injury to his right thumb and didn't play on Wednesday. The Sox are not allowing him to swing a bat until returning to Boston and the results of Thursday's additional examinations are known. Word late Thursday indicated that a DL trip is likely.

Pedroia indicated that this injury is different than his late-May torn adductor muscle that forced him to miss six games in late May/early June. Pedroia originally wore a plastic thumb brace in early June, but that was scrapped after several games.

Though Pedroia has implied that the original injury has not affected his play, the numbers don't really agree. Since June 5, he's hit...

Almost!

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