UPDATE: Well, that explains the benching. Drew is day-to-day with an oblique injury.
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Stephen Drew has played just four games for the Red Sox since rejoining the team after sitting out the first two months of the season, which is why it seems odd that he’s sitting out tonight’s game against the Orioles.
Not only are the Red Sox facing a right-handed pitcher--which is a good matchup for the left-handed-hitting Drew--but that pitcher is Bud Norris and Drew is a career .462 hitter with a 1.357 OPS in 17 plate appearances off him.
And yet Drew is on the bench tonight and Xander Bogaerts remains at third base, which means Jonathan Herrera is starting at shortstop.
