Red Sox taking patient approach, but Lowrie is eager to get back to Boston

By ROBERT LEE

Jed Lowrie is on a mission to become the Red Sox starting shortstop for the rest of the year.

It’s a mission that he hopes to accomplish as early as next month.

He believes that he earned the starting job during spring training. He fought so hard to keep it back in April that he didn’t tell anyone that his left wrist had been bothering him for weeks.

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Red Sox's Lowrie to see hand specialist

By Ian Browne

Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie will go to Baltimore on Wednesday to get his ailing left wrist examined by Dr. Thomas Graham, a hand specialist.

Lowrie was placed on the disabled list before Monday's game in Oakland and flew back to Boston, where he was seen by Red Sox doctors.

"He's seen three guys already in Boston," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "I think [Red Sox medical director] Tom Gill feels pretty confident about him seeing this guy and Jed is on board. So we'll get another opinion tomorrow and hopefully have a little bit better information then."

The injury is of particular concern because Lowrie played most of last season with a small non-displaced fracture in that same wrist.

"It's certainly the same vicinity," Francona said. "Saying that, there's so much stuff going on in a little area there. I think what they're trying to do is make sure and trying to pin down exactly, 'OK, what is leading to what?' I can understand it's not the easiest thing to figure out. I think out of respect to Jed, we're just trying to make sure we get the best possible answers we can."

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