Red Sox disabled 3B Lowell feeling good

BOSTON — Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, on the 15-day
disabled list with a strained right hip, said Friday that he
feels like he could play now.

Lowell had fluid drained from his hip Monday and was put on the
disabled list the following day. He’s also received an injection
to alleviate inflammation in the surgically repaired joint.

“I actually feel like if I had to play today I could,” Lowell
said Friday, before Boston’s game against Seattle.

“I feel great actually,” he said. “I didn’t know what to expect
with the injection. I was relieved when they took out the fluid.
I thought they’d find something.”

The 2007 World Series MVP missed last season’s American League
Championship Series against Tampa Bay and had arthroscopic
surgery on the hip last October.

The 35-year-old Lowell is batting .282 with 10 home runs and 41
RBIs.

“I’m just taking therapy to get the muscles around there in
shape,” he said. “I’m looking forward to a good second half.”

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