Donnelly

BOSTON — Brendan Donnelly, who had to shut down his rehab assignment in Lowell on Friday night because of a recurrence of the tightness he has been experiencing in his right forearm, will fly to Anaheim for a second opinion.

Donnelly is expected to see noted orthopedist Lewis Yocum, the Angels’ team orthopedist, on Tuesday. Donnelly spent four years with the Angels before signing with the Sox last winter, so Yocum is very familiar with the right-hander.

The plan for Donnelly, who had a very encouraging side session in Detroit last Sunday, was to start for the Spinners and throw an inning. The game was delayed at the start because of rain. Donnelly, who hadn’t even warmed up, eventually played long toss and snapped off a few splitters and curveballs, though, he knew he’d be unable to pitch.

“It (the discomfort) is in the same area. I’m just not there. Everything was progressing fine. I had a setback," said Donnelly, getting emotional in the Sox’ clubhouse before batting practice.

Donnelly hasn’t pitched since June 10. He has been on the disabled list since June 17. He had good words to say about Boston’s training staff but thought it would be wise for him and the Red Sox to solicit Yocum’s opinion.

“So the next step is to see someone who knows me inside and out,” said Donnelly, who turned 36 on July 4. “It just hasn’t gotten back to normal. We’ll see what he says Tuesday.”

Drew out, Hinske in

Right fielder J.D. Drew was held out of starting lineup last night because of a tight right hamstring.

Drew felt a strain on the hamstring while stretching a hit into left field into a double in the third inning of Friday night’s game. He missed a few games in early June because of the same problem.

He was replaced by Eric Hinske in Friday night’s game. Hinske got the start last night over Wily Mo Pena because the Blue Jays started a right-handed pitcher — Dustin McGowan. Clearly, manager Terry Francona made a wise decision. Hinske homered in the fourth.

That’s more like it

The home run for David Ortiz was his 15th of the season, but only his fourth at Fenway Park. The Sox’ designated hitter hadn’t homered at home since April 21, against the Yankees. He went 129 at-bats, spanning 34 games, between Fenway homers.

Of Ortiz’s 15 homers, 7 have given Boston a 1-0 lead — 6 of them in the first inning, including last night’s, and the other one a sixth-inning blast in Minnesota.

Ortiz came within a few feet of a second homer in the third, when Alex Rios couldn’t track down his high drive in the right-field corner. The ball bounced on the warning track and went into the seats for a run-scoring ground-rule double.

Around the bases

Julio Lugo extended his modest hitting streak to four games on a third-inning single. It’s his longest streak since a seven-gamer May 8-14. Prior to this stretch, Lugo hadn’t hit in as many as two games in a row since June 10 (1-for-5) and June 12 (1-for-3). In the fourth, Lugo notched the 1,000th hit of his career, beating out a single to deep short. After his milestone hit, Lugo racked up his 24th stolen base despite a pitchout. … Crisp smacked his fourth triple, two shy of his career-high. The assist in the second was his fourth of the year. … The Sox have scored in the first inning in each of the first three games of the series. … First baseman Kevin Youkilis aggravated his strained left quadriceps when he rushed in and caught Vernon Wells’ popup near the Sox’ dugout in the fifth.

Guess again

Upon further review, third-base umpire John Hirschbeck made a bad call on Troy Glaus in the second inning.

Glaus led off the inning with a base hit off the wall in left-center field. Crisp bare-handed the carom off the wall and fired to second baseman Dustin Pedroia.

The throw beat Glaus by an appreciable margin. But as he slid in head-first, Glaus lifted his left hand. Pedroia went to tag that hand, but because Glaus pulled it away, he missed. Glaus then plopped his right hand on the bag. Pedroia never tagged him, but Hirschbeck, hustling over to make the call because second-base umpire Laz Diaz had to go out to the wall to see if Crisp would make a catch, emphatically called him out. Replays showed Hirschbeck was wrong. No one from the Blue Jays’ dugout came out to support Glaus, who was arguing, most likely because it would have been an easy double had Glaus run even semi-hard out of the batter’s box instead of lolly-gagging his way down the first-base line and then trying to turn on the speed.

Glaus was able to trot more confidently in the fourth after clubbing a deep solo homer off a sign over the Monster seats in left-center.

skrasner@projo.com