MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Red Sox second baseman Vaughn Grissom is trying to regain weight after losing 14 pounds while battling for the flu this past week.
“His breakfast today was very unhealthy,” manager Alex Cora joked. “Some rice and beans and whatever.”
Grissom — who is eating and drinking a lot of shakes and water to put the weight back on — actually threw up some of his breakfast while warming up before the game.
“Yeah, first time for that,” Grissom said. “But stuck through it and just fought it out.”
He battled through it and had enough strength to belt a 93.1 mph cutter from Kody Funderburk off the right field wall.
Grissom’s first hit as a member of the Red Sox went 367 feet for a two-run opposite-field double, giving his team a 5-1 lead in the eighth inning. Boston went on to win 9-2 over the Twins here at Target Field.
“He can do that and that’s the difference between his at-bat and others — that he can hit the ball to right field,” Cora said. “We do believe he’s going to hit the ball for power. But right now, we’ll take the hitter and just keep growing.”
