PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – Keith Foulke is ready to pitch for Boston again.

At least that’s how he feels after completing his second rehabilitation start in 72 hours Saturday night for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.

“I’m waiting for a call,” Foulke said.

Foulke was placed on Boston’s 15-day disabled list on June 13 with elbow tendinitis. He last pitched on June 11 against Texas and was charged with four runs on seven hits in two innings.

Foulke, who was on a 35-pitch limit Saturday against the Syracuse SkyChiefs, tossed the first two innings and completed his work by throwing 19 of 30 pitches for strikes.

After striking out Wayne Lydon on a changeup and retiring Luis Figueroa on a fly ball to left in the first inning, Foulke was tagged for a double to left-center by Kevin Barker. Foulke threw a wild pitch that allowed Barker to take third, then walked Chad Mottola.

But he ended the threat by getting John Hattig to fly out.

He cruised through the second, retiring the side in order and catching Adam Lind looking at a called third strike.

“I feel pretty good,” he said. “The velocity as far as I know is in the upper 80s, which is good for now. Hopefully it will improve but it was consistent. I feel I made some good pitches.”

Foulke said he experimented more than he would in a game with Boston. “I pitched a little bit different in these last couple of games than I would in a real game,” he said.

“I messed around a little bit more. I threw a few more breaking balls just to try and throw them for strikes (when) behind in the count.”

Foulke struck out Lydon on a 2-and-2 changeup and caught Lind looking at a 1-and-2 changeup.

“The first and last outs that I threw came on changeups,” he said. “Those were the only (changeups) I threw. It’s nice to get one swing and a miss and one called. I also threw a lot of forkballs and a few curveballs. I threw a lot of fastballs for good, quality strikes tonight and I think I kept them off-balance and got them to swing at my pitches.”

As difficult as it’s been for Foulke to watch his teammates suffer injury after injury, it’s been even more difficult to be on the sidelines longer than he expected.

“It’s hard to watch them on TV,” he said. “But it’s hard for me mentally to sit back and do nothing for two months. It’s two years in a row that I’ve battled injuries and it all goes back to one problem causing this.”

Foulke has had arthroscopic surgery on both knees.

“Hopefully it’s behind us. We’re going to get strong and hopefully make a run the last couple of months.”

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