"Kevin Youkilis has managed to stay in the shadows of the Red Sox' 2011 season so far.

A lot of that has to do with the twin towers of production that hit ahead and behind his cleanup spot, Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz, as well as Jacoby Ellsbury having his breakout season atop the order.

Youkilis, meanwhile, is perfectly content with staying out of the spotlight.

"Flying under the radar is good for me, I'm happy with it," said Youkilis, who has knocked in 63 runs, 14 behind team leader Gonzalez. "David and Adrian can have the spotlight all they want, people can talk about them all day and that's good — good for us and good for our team.

"David's the kind of guy, he's great, he's ready for the spotlight, and being there in the Home Run Derby, he's made for that stuff. I don't think I'm necessarily made for the spotlight type of guy.""