Foulke ready for comeback

Red Sox reliever Keith Foulke went in to manager Terry Francona’s office with pitching coach Dave Wallace at 4:30 p.m. today, presumably to discuss Foulke’s activation tomorrow and his role with the pitching staff upon being activated. During Francona’s meeting with the media earlier, the manager said he wouldn’t address the Foulke situation until he met with him first.

When asked to rate his command, Foulke said “1 to 10… probably a 6.” And when asked if he accomplished what he wanted to during his rehab (in 3 2/3 innings at Single-A Lowell, he gave up eight hits and four runs), Foulke replied “probably not,” but said he was pleased with his changeup, which he used to get two of his three strikeouts last night. He said he wasn’t happy with his fastball, which was clocked at 87 mph.