PAWTUCKET -- Clay Buchholz wasn't the only rehabbing member of the Red Sox on the field Sunday at McCoy Stadium.
Jacoby Ellsbury, who also hopes to return to the Sox next weekend when they play the Rays in Florida, made his second start for Pawtucket and went 1-for-4 in the PawSox' 4-1 victory over Syracuse. The lone hit was a sharp single to center in the third, after which he came around to score via singles from Jose Iglesias and Ryan Lavarnway.
Ellsbury has made two rehab starts for the PawSox and is 1-for-8.
Daniel Bard, meanwhile, isn't on official rehab -- he's actually assigned to Pawtucket -- but he is attempting to rehabilitate his career. And after yet another abysmal performance Thursday night (allowing two hits and two hit batters to the four men he faced, with two wild pitches), he turned in an encouraging 1-2-3 eighth inning with two strikeouts. He threw 12 pitches, 9 for strikes, for his second 1-2-3 outing in his last three appearances.