CHICAGO — Arizona Diamondbacks reliever A.J. Puk was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday due to left elbow inflammation. He’ll undergo an MRI next week when the team returns to Phoenix from its current road trip.
Puk, 30, compiled a 3.38 ERA with four saves over the course of eight appearances this season before going down. He last pitched on Thursday in Miami, throwing a scoreless inning. The 6-year veteran has already undergone Tommy John surgery in his career but has made at last 58 appearances in each of the last three seasons. Overall, he has a 3.53 ERA and 26 saves in his career.
The move was one of several for a beleaguered Diamondbacks bullpen which gave up 11 runs to the Chicago Cubs over the final two innings of a wild, 13-11 defeat on Friday. Lefty Joe Mantiply along with righty Bryce Jarvis were both optioned to Triple-A Reno after the game.
Mantiply, 34, gave up six hits and three runs in 0.2 inning on Friday as the Cubs erased an 11-7, eighth inning deficit. That outing saw his ERA rise to 15.95.
Taking the place of all three pitchers, the team recalled righty Drew Jameson from Reno while selecting the contracts of relievers J.P Feyereisen and Juan Morillo.
To make room on Arizona’s 40 man roster, infielder Grae Kessinger was designated for assignment.
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