The Boston Red Sox placed Alex Cora on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain. The move is retroactive to April 10.

The move had a Domino affect in Pawtucket and Portland.

The Red Sox called up infielder Joe Thurston from Pawtucket. So Pawtucket plucked infielder Jeff Natale from Portland. In turn, the Sea Dogs activated outfielder Jeff Corsaletti from extended spring training.

Thurston, 28, is batting .255 with 2 RBI in 12 games at Pawtucket . He has played briefly in the majors, with a .259 career average in 55 games with the Dodgers (2002-04) and Phillies (2006).

Here are the RED SOX-YANKEES and SEA DOGS lineups tonight

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
David Ortiz DH
Manny Ramirez LF
Kevin Youkilis 3B
J.D. Drew RF
Jason Varitek C
Sean Casey 1B
Julio Lugo SS.
(Clay Buchholz, P)

YANKEES
Melky Cabrera CF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui LF
Jorge Posada DH
Jason Giambi 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Chad Moeller C
(Chien-Ming Wang, P)

SEA DOGS
Sean Danielson, RF
Tony Granadillo, 2B
Bubba Bell, CF
Aaron Bates, 1B
Andrew Pinckney, DH
Jay Johnson, LF
John Otness, C
Ryan Khoury, 3B
Iggy Suarez, SS
(Michael Bowden, P)

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