Jacoby Ellsbury goes 1-3 with a walk in first rehab stint

Before Jacoby Ellsbury stepped on McCoy Stadium’s turf yesterday for his first rehab game, Pawtucket Red Sox manager Torey Lovullo posed a question.

“I asked him ‘What are your thoughts on playing the game wide-open?,” Lovullo said after a game against Syracuse. “He said ‘I don’t know any other way."