KANSAS CITY – The first indication that Dustin Pedroia might be seriously injured came when he starting spitting up blood. That’s then the Red Sox decided to get him off the field and into a hospital.
“They kind of freaked out and made me go get tested to make sure everything was OK,” Pedroia said.
Hit by a pitch in the back of his rib cage on Sunday, Pedroia is predictably out of the Red Sox lineup tonight in Kansas City. His back was bruised and swollen, but X-rays in two different cities showed no broken bones, so the team is optimistic that he could play again as early as Wednesday.