CHICAGO -- Pablo Sandoval returned to the Boston Red Sox lineup Wednesday night, 38 days after spraining his right knee, and picked up three hits, including a two-out single that drove home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.
But he might not play Thursday.
Welcome to the Red Sox's dysfunction at third base, where a switch-hitting former All-Star making $17 million this year is no longer trusted to play every day even though the best in-house alternative has the lowest OPS of any hitter in the Triple-A International League since the beginning of last season.