BASEBALL DAILY REPORT

The Boston Red Sox hope to find out today how long Jose Canseco will be sidelined with his aching back.

Canseco was quoted in today’s Boston Globe as saying he thinks he will sit out for the rest of the season.

“I’m 95% sure my season is over,” Canseco said.

Canseco and Kevin Mitchell were scratched from the lineup shortly before Friday night’s 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Canseco hurt his back during batting practice and was to undergo an MRI exam today.

Mitchell slightly sprained the middle finger on his left hand and was listed as day-to-day.

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A monument to Mickey Mantle is being added to the area at Yankee Stadium known as Monument Park. The monument will be unveiled and dedicated during a ceremony Aug. 25 prior to the Yankees’ game against the Oakland Athletics. . . . All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez got some financial security from the Seattle Mariners on his 21st birthday, agreeing to a $10.6 million, four-year contract extension through 2000.