Minnesota Twins defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-2

Last May, when Pokey Reese tore the ulnar collateral ligament of his left thumb while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he missed the rest of the season.

Last night, after rolling on his glove hand while diving for a ground ball during Boston's 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins, Reese sustained what Red Sox team doctor Bill Morgan termed a "partial tear" of the same ligament, but Morgan listed Reese as day to day ("Correct. Exactly.") and described a best-case scenario ...