The Atlanta Braves Rafael Soriano on the 15-day disabled list Monday. For the third time this season because of an inflamed correct elbow.

Atlanta also promoted left-hander Francisley Bueno from Triple-A Richmond and his pact.

“Muy Bueno,” Braves leader Bobby Cox said with a grin, assembly his best sweat in Spanish.

The 27-year-old Bueno, a Cuban defector, was 2-5 with a 5.02 ERA in 17 appearances and 12 at Richmond this season. His first day trip will be his major association debut. The Braves are resounding 13 pitchers for now considering they have so many injuries and need help getting through cup.

At least at the outset, Bueno will work in long reprieve.

“He started and comforted,” Cox said. “He mixes up his pitches and his cash up is very good.”

The respectable-handed Soriano was 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA and three saves in four likelihood.

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Jason Giambi arrived in the Yankees clubhouse Monday without his legendary mustache.

But it won’t be gone for long, he said.

Giambi, who to strike well around the time he unfaltering to grow a mustache back in May, has been slumping, hitting .234 with homers in July and going 0-for-9 through three August games. But he kept the face mask hair because the team was still winning.

He was reserved out of the game in the eighth Sunday for defensive purposes, and when the Yankees fell behind 9-8, Giambi particular to shave.

“I smooth-shaven it as soon as I came out of the game,” Giambi said. “We were bringing up the rear when they hit that memorable slam and then we came back and won.”

Giambi said he’s even now mounting a new mustache.

“In round a week, it will be back. It goes hand and hand with winning,” Giambi said. “I would have kept it if we were winning that game.”

Perhaps the mustache was weighing him down. In his first two mustache-free at-bats, he hit an RBI single in the first and an better-deck home run in the fourth part. He hadn’t had a hit since Thursday.

Giambi came into the game .249 with 20 homers and 62 RBIs.

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New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said his ill back was developed after playing catch and dealing, and was ready to playing field Monday nightly against the Texas Rangers.

Rivera had not been offered Sunday in a 14-9 win over the Los Angeles Angels because of back spasms. About 45 proceedings before the game on Monday nocturnal, Rivera told that he felt well.

When asked if his back was brokenhearted, Rivera said, “I don’t feel all. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow, but with any luck it’s good.”

Asked if he “conflict” to get into the game, Rivera smiled and said, “I would try to clash them.”

Rivera’s back bothering him between the shoulder after enchanting the loss in Friday evening’s 1-0 defeat to the Angels.

Elsewhere, Yankees executive Joe Girardi announced that tyro fine-hander Dan Giese replace veracious-hander Darrell Rasner as Friday night’s starter against the Los Angeles Angels.

Rasner was around for five runs in four turn on Sunday. Giese scoreless score of assistance in the same game.

“Giese has gotten individuals out,” Girardi said. “We’ve used him as a antipasto, in long help, and just for an inning. He’s throwing strikes.”

Rasner is 5-8 with a 5.23 ERA in 15 starts. Giese is 1-3 with a 2.51 ERA in 13 tournament, including two .

Girardi foothold to Rasner roughly the revolution past Monday. Rasner will move to the bullpen and is foreseeable to be on hand in long relief starting Wednesday nightly.

“Darrell ,” Girardi said. “He said, ‘I’ll get superior.’ That’s what you want in a performer.”

In fresh news, honorable-handers Phil Hughes (cracked rib) and Carl Pavano (elbow surgery) will have minimal confederacy homework on Thursday. Hughes will fright for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre and Pavano will start for Double-A Trenton.

Girardi said each will loose cover more or less 65 .

“The next foundation, we’d be chatter approaching 80 and the one after that, on the order of 95,” Girardi said. “We’ll see what they look like when they get to 80 or 95 pitches and they could be back before September.”

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano was back in the league after missing two straight starts because of a sore left hand.

Posted on August 6th, 2008 by admin
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