ESPN.com · Mar 7, 2019
Pedroia plays 1 inning in first game since May
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Dustin Pedroia's first game in nearly 10 months couldn't have gone much better -- even if it lasted just one inning.
Pedroia cleanly fielded a two-out grounder by Minnesota's Jake Cave, then singled off Kohl Stewart leading off the bottom half of Boston's 12-1 loss Thursday.
"It made me happy to run around the bases," Pedroia said. "It was really fun out there."
A four-time All-Star and the 2008 AL MVP, Pedroia's knee problems began with a spikes-up takeout slide at second by Baltimore's Manny Machado on April 21, 2017. Pedroia went on the disabled list three times that season, twice because of knee inflammation, and had left knee surgery that Oct. 25.
