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Youkilis update

Print | Comments () Posted by Amalie Benjamin June 4, 2009 04:44 PM

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Kevin Youkilis was removed from today's game in the top of the fourth inning for precautionary reasons with tightness in his right calf. On Wednesday night, he was kicked by Josh Anderson as the Tiger ran to first base in the eighth. Youkilis was not in the clubhouse after the game to comment.

"It wasn't so much where he got hit," manager Terry Francona said. "It was kind of his calf was getting tight. He woke up like that and they had stretched him before the game. But you could kind of see him running the bases, looked like it was bothering him. He didn't want to come out. Said he didn't need to come out. But the more I watched him, I just thought, 'Boy, that would be a bad mistake on my part to leave him in and have something happen.'"

Asked if the injury were related to the kick, Francona said it was possible, "Whether it was swelling, whether he walked different, whether he ran different, I don't know. But I know we didn't want to let it get out of hand."

When asked if Youkilis will be available for Friday night's game against Texas, Francona said, "I don't know. We'll see."