ANAHEIM, Calif. — Here’s the latest on the injury front:

–Victor Martinez came through all of his tests in Seattle without a setback, and so, he was activated for Monday’s game. He has been slotted initially in the sixth spot in the lineup, but that is a temporary measure until the Sox “get him some games under his belt and get him back somewhere in the middle [of the order],” said manager Terry Francona.

Martinez’ return is timely. He entered the night with a career .500 average (8-for-16) against Angels starter Dan Haren, and delivered an RBI single on the first pitch he saw in the top of the second inning. That surpassed the total number of RBIs by Dusty Brown, Gustavo Molina and Kevin Cash in the month of July.

–Dustin Pedroia was scheduled to be seen by orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum prior to Monday’s game. For the first time since suffering the fracture of a bone in his left foot on June 25, he did some running prior to Monday’s game.

“I think Pedey was disappointed. I shouldn’t speak for him. But I think he thought he was going to be like game ready,” said Francona. “I don’t know how realistic that was. I think [trainer Mike Reinold] actually thought he did pretty good. Just not ready. That thing’s got to heal.”

–The Sox are likely to have Kevin Cash catch on Wednesday as Martinez works to regain his baseball legs after sitting out for the past four weeks.

“It’s like going into spring training, I don’t know if we would catch somebody three days in a row for nine innings. I don’t know how well that’s going to work for his health,” said Francona.

–Brown was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket to clear a roster spot for Martinez.

–The Sox featured a modified lineup on Monday. With J.D. Drew hitting in the second spot in the order for the second straight game, the Sox nudged David Ortiz down to the cleanup spot and had Kevin Youkilis batting third. In doing so, the Sox spread out their left-handed hitters so that the Angels would not be able to employ reliever Brian Fuentes against back-to-back lefties.

“There’s been some struggles against lefties. They’re better against righties,” said Francona. “Rather than make it easier on the other mananager, try to slide somebody in between.”

–Jacoby Ellsbury went 1-for-3 in a rehab game in the Rookie Level Gulf Coast League while serving as a designated hitter. The Sox plan to have him play in the outfield on Tuesday. After that, they’ll evaluate him to see whether a reassignment to a higher level (most likely Triple-A Pawtucket) would be appropriate.

“It depends how he does [Tuesday],” said Francona. We’ll see.”

–Mike Lowell took Monday off after playing in back-to-back games. He will play again with Pawtucket on Tuesday, and Francona acknowledged that there is a decent chance that he could be activated by Friday.