Times wires
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals placed one of the NL's top winners on the disabled list and expect one of the league's best hitters to go on the DL, too.
RHP Kyle McClellan, who is 6-2 with a 3.86 ERA in his first season in the rotation, strained a hip flexor muscle in the first inning Monday when he landed awkwardly.
"You think maybe it's just a one-time thing," McClellan, 24, said. "By the time I realized it wasn't I was already in some hot water."
The Cardinals recalled RHP Lance Lynn from Triple-A Memphis to start tonight against the Giants, giving the rest of the rotation an extra day of rest.
LF Matt Holliday returned from a six-game absence with a left quadriceps injury Monday but was a lineup scratch Tuesday, striking out as a pinch-hitter. He's batting an NL-high .342 and is third in the league with a .433 on-base percentage and fifth with a .542 slugging percentage.
"Frankly it looks like it's getting better, but it's still something he feels," general manager John Mozeliak said. "It's just not going away."
Ex-Ray Aybar arrested
SEATTLE — Willy Aybar, who spent the past three seasons with the Rays, was arrested Sunday and accused of assaulting his wife at a hotel, KIRO-TV in Seattle reported.
The King County Sheriff's Office said detectives arrested Aybar at about 2 a.m. at the SeaTac Hilton. Aybar was found "extremely intoxicated" at the front entrance.
Police went to Aybar's room, where his wife was crying and holding a bloody towel to her face and had a cut lip and an abrasion on her forehead and cheek, police documents said.
STADIUM BEATING: The man accused in the vicious attack on a Giants fan at Dodger Stadium may be a suspect in a Nevada shooting, the Associated Press reported. Henderson police are looking at Giovanni Ramirez, 31, who authorities believe was the instigator in the March 31 beating of Bryan Stow, as a possible suspect in a January attempted murder outside Las Vegas, according to AP. Henderson police spokesman Keith Paul said there were no open warrants or charges filed against Ramirez in the city.
ANGELS: RHP Dan Haren cut short a bullpen throwing session after feeling lower back discomfort. Haren was scheduled to start Saturday, but manager Mike Scioscia said he's not sure that will happen.
CUBS: Former Rays RHP Matt Garza, on the disabled list with a right elbow contusion, won't be activated Friday when eligible and instead will throw bullpen sessions today and Saturday. … OF Marlon Byrd said he expects to return in four to six weeks from facial injuries suffered when he was beaned by Red Sox LHP Alfredo Aceves on May 21. … 3B Aramis Ramirez left the game in the seventh after getting hit in the face by a ground ball that took a bad hop.
ORIOLES: Utility man Jake Fox was designated for assignment when LHP Brian Matusz was activated off the 15-day disabled list to make his season debut.
PADRES: CF Cameron Maybin went on the 15-day disabled list with patellar tendinitis in his right knee. OF Aaron Cunningham was called up from Triple-A Tucson.
RED SOX: A disappointing bullpen took a hit when LHP Rich Hill left with a left forearm injury after facing one White Sox batter in the seventh inning. Hill had pitched eight scoreless innings for a bullpen that went into the game with a 4.28 ERA, 10th in the AL.
TIGERS: RF Magglio Ordonez, on the disabled list since May 11 with weakness in his surgically repaired right ankle, is scheduled to join Triple-A Toledo Friday for a rehabilitation assignment.
TWINS: C Joe Mauer, out since April 14 with leg weakness and an injured right shoulder, is scheduled to catch three innings today at an extended spring training game in Fort Myers.