BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox will wait until baseball completes its investigation before deciding whether to discipline infielder Manny Alexander after police found steroids in his car.

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Alexander lent his car to the team's bat boy while the Red Sox were in Chicago to play the White Sox. Boston police found vials and syringes in the glove compartment on June 30, the Boston Herald reported Tuesday.

Alexander refused to comment before Tuesday night's game against Minnesota. Team spokesman Kevin Shea said the bat boy, Carlos Cowart, was not at Fenway Park for the game.

"I've heard that he (Cowart) is going to resign his position. The club has not asked him to resign. It's something that he's thinking about doing himself," said Shea, who declined to comment on any disciplinary action taken against Cowart. "He's worked here four years and we've never had a problem."

Shea confirmed Monday that the commissioner's office is investigating Alexander's connection to the steroids.

No criminal complaint has been filed. Possession of steroids without a prescription carries a sentence of up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Cowart has no driver's license and has a criminal record that includes charges for possessing cocaine and marijuana, the Herald reported.

Police noticed the parked car sticking out into traffic in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. Cowart was in the car but a friend was behind the wheel.

Police arrested Cowart and impounded the car when they learned Cowart had an outstanding warrant for driving without a license and failure to stop. When they searched the car, they found the drugs in an envelope in the glove compartment.

Cowart was arraigned July 3 on the outstanding warrant charge. He could not be reached for comment.

Alexander, who came to Boston this year in a trade with the Chicago Cubs, retrieved the car from a tow lot.