Daniel Nava gets another shot in right field

It was a rare night of production out of the Boston right field.

Sox right fielders are hitting .152 with a .492 OPS. That is by far the worst production at that position in baseball. Sox right fielders are slugging an embarrassing .239. They have seven extra-base hits.

Nava is hitting .164 and for now is part of a platoon with Victorino, who has started only against lefthanders since coming off the disabled list May 11.

Victorino is 8 of 19 since coming off the DL with two extra-base hits and three walks.

"We're trying to get [Nava] going," Farrell said. "Trying to give him some consistent at-bats. On the other hand, Vic has made some sizable strides against lefthanders. It's not out of the realm of possibility he [would] be on the field against righthanded pitchers. We're working through that right now."

The Sox are scheduled to face lefties in three of their next four games, meaning Victorino is likely to be on the field.

One solution would be to call up Rusney Castillo from Triple A Pawtucket. He has hit .304 with an .805 OPS in 17 games there. Castillo last played on Sunday, missing three days for paternity leave.

Before he joined his family in Miami, Castillo was 7 of 16 with two home runs, a double, three walks, and four RBIs over three games. Farrell said Castillo is expected to return to Pawtucket for Thursday's game in Louisville.

"You can make a guy fit if a guy is forcing his way on the team with the way he's performing and Rusney has swung the bat of late very well," Farrell said. "We know he's been away for a couple of days but there's nothing imminent.

"But at the same time, that conversation has started."

The 27-year-old Castillo has played only 10 games in the majors since the Red Sox signed him to a seven-year, $72.5 million deal in August.

Castillo missed 18 games in April with a shoulder injury but no longer has any restrictions because of that. Even if it's sharing time with Victorino, Castillo could be called up as soon as Friday.

Third baseman Pablo Sandoval missed the game with a bone bruise on the inside of his left knee. He was hit by a 94-mile-per-hour fastball thrown by Sam Freeman in the seventh inning Tuesday night and left the game.

"Probably keep him off his feet and continue to get treatment," Farrell said.

Brock Holt started at third base.

Farrell said Sandoval has not had a lot of swelling. The Rangers are starting lefthander Wandy Rodriguez Thursday, so it's likely Sandoval wouldn't return to the lineup until Friday at the earliest.

The Red Sox added to their pitching depth with the purchase of righthanded reliever John Cornely from the Braves. He was optioned to Pawtucket.

The Braves had designated Cornely for assignment Tuesday.

Cornely, who turned 26 on Sunday, was a 15th-round draft pick in 2011. He has a 2.94 earned run average in 158 minor league appearances, all in relief, and has averaged an impressive 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings.

"We liked the fastball ability," Farrell said. "It might not be in pure velocity, but there's some swing-and-miss throughout the course of his career. Those guys always kind of always jump out to us."

Cornely has a fastball that regularly hits 95-96 m.p.h. but he has struggled with his control. He has 28 career saves.

Righthanded reliever Brandon Workman, out all season with a partially torn elbow ligament, has started playing catch and believes he has started to heal.

Workman received an injection of platelet-rich plasma from Dr. James Andrews April 15 and was shut down from throwing for about a month.

"It feels better than it did before, although I'm not throwing anything like game speed," Workman said.

If the injection does not help, Workman likely would require Tommy John surgery.

Don Sweeney, who earlier Wednesday was named the general manager of the Bruins, threw out the first pitch . . . The game lasted 3 hours and 13 minutes, snapping a seven-game run of games played under three hours. That was the longest streak for the Sox since 2004 . . . Dustin Pedroia was 0 for 5, snapping an on-base streak of 23 games . . . The Sox are 7-18 when opponents score first . . . The Sox have a 3.01 ERA in 10 games since Carl Willis became pitching coach but have won only six of those games . . . Heather Morse of Shirley will be recognized before the game on Thursday. She was selected as the team's honorary bat girl in a contest run by Major League Baseball. The program honors fans who have been affected by breast cancer. Morse, a mother of three who rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and has breast cancer, has raised more than $20,000 toward finding a cure.

The Rangers said outfielder Josh Hamilton would play with Triple A Round Rock from Thursday to Saturday before being evaluated. He could be assigned to the major league roster as soon as Monday. The Red Sox start a four-game series at Texas May 28 . . . Texas designated outfielder Carlos Peguero for assignment to make on the roster for Klein, who was called up from Round Rock to make the start . . . Righthander Stolmy Pimentel, a onetime Red Sox prospect, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Round Rock by Texas . . . Former Red Sox outfielder Alex Hassan, a Milton native, has signed a minor league contract with Toronto and been temporarily assigned to extended spring training. Hassan, 27, was claimed off waivers five times by three organizations between Nov. 17 and May 2.