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Putz placed on DL with hyperextended pitching elbow

Associated Press

Friday, June 13, 2008

SEATTLE -- All-Star closer J.J. Putz went on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a hyperextended pitching elbow, the latest setback in a season gone wrong for the Seattle Mariners. "Very relieved that it's nothing structural," Putz said. "Just take a few days off from throwing and start over." It's the second DL stint this season for Putz, who missed 18 games in April with a rib cage injury from which he now says he came back too soon. Knee and finger pain kept the Mariners from using him ...

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