Ortiz, on DL, Hopes Wrist Heals Quickly

The long black cast stretched from the middle of David Ortiz's left biceps to just above his knuckles.

Doctors are optimistic that when it comes off in about two to three weeks, the injury to his left wrist should be healed and he can begin working his way back into the Red Sox lineup.

Boston's home run and RBI leader suffered a partial tear of the sheath that surrounds his tendon while swinging Saturday night at Baltimore. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday.

"The integrity of the tendon hasn't been compromised at all," GM Theo Epstein said before last night's game against the Rays.

"So that's why the doctors are pretty confident that if it's immobilized in this hard cast for a period of time that there's a pretty significant chance that it'll heal itself in that time period."

Ortiz went on the disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, for the first time since he joined the Red Sox before the 2003 season.

The Red Sox called up RHP Justin Masterson, who started last night, and OF Chris Carter from Class AAA Pawtucket and optioned OF Jeff Bailey to Pawtucket.

· TIGERS: RHP Joel Zumaya took a successful step in his path back to the majors, throwing two pitches of at least 100 mph during two scoreless innings for Class A Lakeland.

Zumaya made his first rehabilitation outing since having surgery on his right shoulder in the offseason.

Zumaya was expected to be a key part of the Detroit bullpen in 2008, but underwent shoulder surgery after a freak accident.

With wildfires threatening his home in Chula Vista, Calif., Zumaya was hurriedly removing treasured items from the attic. Unaware he was holding two boxes above his head at once, the top one slid off and slammed into his pitching shoulder.

· WHITE SOX: Ozzie Guillén's latest outburst was aimed, it seemed, at his boss and his friend, GM Ken Williams.

The two met yesterday and Guillén said the air "is as clear as it can be."

Guillén went on a rant Sunday in Tampa after the punchless but first-place White Sox lost three of four to the Rays, saying Williams had to make changes if the team expected to keep winning.

-- From News Services