Major League Baseball roundup

[May 28, 2016]  May 27 (The Sports Xchange) - The Arizona Diamondbacks will place right-handed pitcher Shelby Miller on the 15-day disabled list on Friday, FOX Sports reported.

The Diamondbacks have not yet made a corresponding move and have not announced which pitcher would take Miller's place in the rotation.

Miller, 25, has been bothered by an injury to his right index finger that he suffered while scraping his hand on the mound on his follow through. But he has struggled recently as well.

In 45 2/3 innings over 10 starts this season, Miller has 1-6 record with a 7.09 earned average. He barely has more strikeouts (30) than walks (29).

Miller, who is owed $4.35 million this year, went 6-17 last season with a 3.02 ERA for Atlanta, but went 15-9 and 10-9 for the St. Louis Cardinals in the two seasons before that.

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Clay Buchholz, who has been a starting pitcher throughout his 10 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, has been moved to the bullpen, Red Sox manager John Farrell announced.

Buchholz, 31, allowed six runs in five innings on Thursday in what was the latest of his poor outings this season. He is 2-5 with a 6.35 ERA in 10 starts this season, and his strikeout rate of 5.9 per nine innings is the lowest of his career.

Eduardo Rodriguez will take Buchholz's place in the rotation when he comes off the disabled list.

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Major League Baseball has elected to uphold Jose Bautista's one-game suspension and the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder will serve the suspension Friday against the Boston Red Sox.

The penalty stems from a May 15 incident with the Texas Rangers when Bautista slid hard at the legs of Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor.

Bautista had an appeals hearing on Thursday in New York, but his attempt to get the suspension lifted was unsuccessful.

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Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki returned to the lineup after missing two games with a sore right quadriceps

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St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams, who left Thursday's game with back spasms in the fifth inning, was not in the starting lineup Friday.

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Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony RIzzo had his first day off in 45 games on as manager Joe Maddon picked Thursday's off day and Friday's game for a two-day break. (Editing by Larry Fine) ))

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