Boston, MA (My Sportsbook) - Boston Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie had successful surgery on his left wrist Tuesday morning and will miss the next 6- to-8 weeks of action.

Lowrie had a procedure done that scoped the wrist and removed the ulnar styloid.

"The big good news is that there's no damage to the TFCC, which is the cartilage, which is the potential problem," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "Everything that was done today puts him on track to start swinging the bat in six weeks, which is what the hope was when this came up."

Lowrie was placed on the 15-day disabled list last Monday with a sprained left wrist. He had struggled this year, recording only one hit in 18 at bats.

In 81 games last season -- 69 starts -- he batted .258 with a pair of homers and 46 RBI.