MLB Briefing Room
| Mike Lowell Archive Third Base Boston Red Sox Player Status: Day-To-Day |
| Date | Update | Team |
| Sep. 26 | News: 9:00 AM Lowell, who has been out with a slightly torn labrum in his right hip, is ready to retun to the lineup as the designated hitter and could be playing third base by Sunday, the Boston Globe reports. |  |
| Sep. 22 | News: 8:57 AM Lowell (hip) should be able to return to action this season, although he will likely battle discomfort, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Sep. 19 | News: 9:27 AM Lowell told the Boston Globe that the torn labrum in his right hip felt better on Thursday, but the team still has not heard back from the specialist they sent his MRI to on Wednesday. | |
| Sep. 18 | News: 9:07 AM Lowell had an MRI of his injured right hip sent out to several specialists on Wednesday as the pain in the joint had increased overnight after he twinged it in Tuesday's game. The Red Sox fear that the injury could limit Lowell the rest of the season, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Sep. 16 | News: 8:30 AM Lowell has been playing with a partially torn labrum in his right hip that will require surgery after the season. He received another injection in the joint on Thursday, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Sep. 2 | News: 8:45 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) hopes to return to the Red Sox on Friday when the team opens up a series with the Rangers. "I hope the Texas series is a legit possibility," Lowell told the Boston Globe. | |
| Aug. 29 | News: 8:46 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) hit some balls off a tee on Wednesday and was complaining to manager Terry Fancona about not playing on Thursday. Francona told the Boston Globe, "The one thing with [an] oblique is you have to go slow because if you go too fast, the day you go too fast, you start all over." | |
| Aug. 27 | News: 9:36 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) was back with the Red Sox on Tuesday. He worked with trainer Mike Reinold before the game and couuld start hitting off a tee on Wednesday, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Aug. 26 | News: 8:50 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) will rejoin the Red Sox in New York on Tuesday. He has been in Miami for the past week working out with a trainer, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Aug. 25 | News: 9:04 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) is scheduled to speak with Red Sox medical director Dr. Thomas Gil on Monday to get approval to head to New York to rejoin the team, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Aug. 21 | News: 8:50 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) will not join the Red Sox in Toronto, instead he will stay in Miami and then join the team in New York next week, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Aug. 19 | News: 9:17 AM Lowell (15-Day DL, oblique) will head to Miami this week to workout twice a day with a trainer and then the club will determine if he is ready for baseball activities, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Aug. 14 | News: 9:06 AM Lowell was placed on the 15-Day disabled list on Wednesday with a strained oblique. The Red Sox hope to have him back in two weeks, but in the mean time Kevin Youkilis will move from first base to third, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Aug. 13 | News: 9:04 AM Lowell suffered a strained right oblique during his at-bat in the seventh inning of Tuesday's game. He spoke to the Boston Globe about the at-bat, "I took those two swings my last at-bat, the first one I felt like a little grab on my side, the second one I felt something a lot more significant." He will undergo an MRI on Wednesday to determine the extent of the strain. | |
| Aug. 6 | News: 8:58 AM Lowell received a shot in his strained hip on Monday, it was a combination of an anti-inflamatory and something to coat the hip joint. He returned to the Red Sox lineup on Wednesday where he batted fifth and played third base, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Aug. 5 | News: 8:28 AM Lowell received a cortisone shot in his hip on Monday, he was given the day off and manager Terry Francona hopes it will relieve the pain through the remainder of the season, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Aug. 4 | News: 8:48 AM Lowell received a cortisone shot before Sunday's game to help relieve some of the pain in his strained hip. He struggled while running during that game and will likely get the day off on Monday, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Aug. 2 | News: 8:46 AM Lowell was removed from Friday's game in the 10th inning with a right hip strain as he attempted to beat out an infield hit. Manager Terry Francona told the Boston Globe, "It's been sore for a pretty good amount of time. We were going to run for him if he got to second just because we knew what we were facing." | |
| Jul. 26 | News: 9:15 AM Lowell was called out on inside fastball against Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning of Friday's game and then let homeplate umpire Marty Foster know he did not agree. He was ejected for the first time since 2002, he told the Boston Globe, "The pitch is a ball. I'm not really one to argue that much. But I blatantly think it's a ball." | |
| Jun. 13 | News: 9:03 AM Lowell hit the eighth grand slam of his career and his second this season as the Red Sox dismantled the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on Thursday, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| May. 23 | News: 9:39 AM Lowell along with J.D. Drew hits grand slams off the Royals on Thursday, it was the first time the Red Sox have had tow grand slams in a game since 2005, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| May. 6 | News: 8:30 AM Lowell hit his first home run and drove in his first run with a two-run blast in the second inning of Monday night's game. "I honestly wish the home run had come a little earlier," Lowell, whose book "Deep Drive" comes out in bookstores today, told the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 30 | News: 9:05 AM Lowell was placed back on the Red Sox roster on Tuesday, he started at third base and went 0-for-3. To make room for Lowell Bryan Corey was sent back to Triple-A Pawtucket, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 29 | News: 8:50 AM Lowell (thumb) finished his three game rehabilitation assignment in Triple-A Pawtucket on Sunday and is expected in the lineup on Tuesday, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 28 | News: 9:16 AM Lowell (thumb) finished up his rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket on Sunday, he is expected to return to the Red Sox lineup early this week, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 26 | News: 10:53 AM Lowell (thumb) is eligible to come off the disabled list on Saturday and he will begin a rehabilitation assignment for three games in Triple-A Pawtucket, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 25 | News: 8:35 AM Lowell (thumb) will begin his rehabilitation assignment in Triple-A Pawtucket on Friday night, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 24 | News: 8:59 AM Lowell (thumb) will begin his rehabilitation assignment beginning on Friday. He will play three games for Triple-A Pawtucket before rejoining the Red Sox, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Apr. 23 | News: 8:39 AM Lowell took live batting practice for the first time since going on the disabled list with an injured thumb. Barring any after-effects he will do the same routine on Wednesday. The earliest the Lowell could take a rehabilitation assignment would be this weekend, the Boston Globe reports. | |
| Apr. 22 | News: 8:46 AM Lowell's sprained thumb continues to improve, he plans to take live batting practice on Tuesday. He is eligible to come off the disabled list on Friday, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 19 | News: 10:06 AM Lowell (15-day disabled list, thumb) said that the pain is subsiding and he feels he has improved significantly since suffering the injury nine days ago, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 11 | News: 8:55 AM Lowell was placed on the 15-Day disabled list on Thursday, he injured his left thumb on Wednesday while diving for a ball. He was encouraged by the results of the MRI he had done, he told the Boston Globe, "it's not a complete tear of anything, which would have caused me to miss significant time." | |
| Apr. 10 | News: 8:48 AM Lowell dove for a ground ball on the first play of the game on Wednesday spraining his thumb. He had x-rays after the game which were negative but the thumb was very swollen. "I definitely would not like to go on the disabled list. Tomorrow is a day that's going to let me know a lot more," he told the Boston Globe. | |
| Apr. 9 | News: 8:47 AM Lowell, who knocked in a career best 120 RBI last year, has yet to register an RBI in 2008, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Jul. 26 | News: 7:06 PM Lowell got the night off on Wednesday, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Jul. 19 | News: 12:48 PM Lowell made his 14th error of the season Wednesday, tying his career-high set in 2002 with the Florida Marlins, the Boston Herald writes. | |
| Jul. 13 | News: 11:12 AM Though he was forced to sit out two games in June, Lowell said that the issues with the strained ligaments in his right thumb are no longer a problem, reports the Boston Herald. | |
| Jul. 6 | News: 10:30 AM Lowell had a career-high five hits in Thursday's game against the Devil Rays, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Jul. 2 | News: 11:31 AM Lowell got the day off on Sunday, according to the Boston Globe. | |
| Jun. 24 | News: 1:20 PM Lowell (sore left thumb) was in the starting lineup Saturday night for the first time since Tuesday. | |
| Jun. 23 | News: 12:28 PM Lowell, who missed the final two games in Atlanta in part because of no DH, in part because of sore left thumb, sat Friday night, reports the Providence Journal. | |
| Jun. 22 | News: 11:29 AM Lowell (sore left thumb) is expected to be back in the lineup Friday night after missing the previous two games, reports the Boston Herald. | |
| Jun. 21 | News: 11:43 AM Lowell was given the night off Wednesday for the second straight game, according to the Boston Herald. Lowell, who strained ligaments in his thumb in early June, is just 9-for-54 over his last 15 games. | |
| Jun. 19 | News: 12:06 PM Lowell will be rested for one game during the series with the Braves, reports the Boston Herald. | |
| Jun. 14 | News: 10:34 AM Lowell made his 12th error of the season on Wednesday, just two shy of his career high of 14 and double the six errors he committed last season, reports the Boston Globe. | |
| Jun. 9 | News: 12:28 PM Lowell will sit on Saturday and Kevin Youkilis will play third base, reports the Boston Herald. | |
| Jun. 2 | News: 12:13 PM Lowell left the game with a left hand contusion after being hit in the back of the hand by a pitch from Chien-Ming Wang in the third inning. (X-rays were negative.), reports the Boston Globe. | |
| May. 21 | News: 12:52 PM Lowell got the day off on Sunday against the Braves, reports the Boston Herald. | |
| May. 14 | News: 9:58 AM Lowell got the day off Sunday against the Orioles, reports the Boston Herald. Kevin Youkilis filled in at third base while Eric Hinske took over at first. | |
| May. 11 | News: 10:00 AM Lowell has homered in each of his last three games, the first time he has done so since 2003 with the Florida Marlins. | |
| May. 10 | News: 11:39 AM With three more hits against Toronto on Wednesday, Lowell bumped his career average against the Blue Jays to .380 (49-for-129), the highest career mark by any opponent with at least 100 at-bats, reports the Boston Herald. | |
| Apr. 24 | News: 9:11 AM Lowell made his sixth error of the season in Monday's loss to Toronto, matching his total for the entire 2006 season. | |
| Apr. 5 | News: 12:28 PM Lowell committed three errors Wednesday night against Kansas City, the first time in 1,109 games he had booted three balls in one contest. None of his three errors led to any Royals' runs. | |