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Tuesday, May 30 | |||||
Williams, Durazo also out of lineup | |||||
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks placed right-hander Todd
Stottlemyre on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after an MRI found
tendinitis in his pitching elbow.
The banged-up Diamondbacks also didn't have Matt Williams and
Erubiel Durazo in the lineup against St. Louis on Tuesday night
because of wrist injuries.
Arizona recalled right-hander Vicente Padilla from Triple-A
Tucson, but Padilla is a reliever, and the absence of Stottlemyre
(8-3) leaves a hole in the rotation.
"We don't have to make that decision until Friday, so we'll try
to do what we can do to win baseball games until then, and then
we'll need a starter for Saturday," manager Buck Showalter said.
He said the candidates include right-handers Mike Morgan, a
starter most of his career, Padilla or Nelson Figueroa, who is
still with Triple-A Tucson.
Stottlemyre (8-3), tied for the National League lead in
victories, came out of Monday's game against St. Louis in the sixth
inning with soreness in his elbow. He was trailing 1-0, and the
Cardinals beat the Diamondbacks 3-0.
Stottlemyre had an inflamed ulnar nerve in his right arm before
the game, and had been pitching through the pain for some time.
Padilla will be making his second stint with the parent club
this season. He was 1-0, with a 1.00 ERA in five relief appearances
the first time.
Williams and Durazo had MRIs earlier Tuesday.
Hand specialist Don Sheridan said the MRI was done on Williams
because an X-ray taken after he was hit on the left wrist Sunday
showed a line along the bone.
"We followed that up with an MRI which showed the the line was
not a fracture, but rather a small blood-vessel line," Sheridan
said. "He has been cleared to play and is day to day, depending on
how his soft-tissue swelling and soreness improves."
Durazo, who took the first-base job away from Travis Lee last
year, hurt his right wrist in spring training. Sheridan did not
immediately have the results from Durazo's MRI.
Hanley Frias made his first start of the season at third, and
Greg Colbrunn played first. |