Red Sox place RHP Hunter Dobbins (elbow) on IL, recall RHP Richard Fitts
Dobbins started the first game of the series against the Giants Friday night and was uncharacteristically wild, issuing five walks in four-plus innings.
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After the game, he also remarked to reporters that he was puzzled to see radar readings on the scoreboard that has his fastball at 91 mph, several miles per hour slower than usual.
Fitts was already on hand before the transaction for Dobbins was revealed.
'I was supposed to throw today in Worcester,' said Fitts Sunday morning in the Red Sox clubhouse. 'They told me there was a flight setup, so I hurried on it. I'm here to do whatever they need me to do. I want to pitch and help the team win.
'My body feels great. I'm ready to pitch. I'm not sure what the plan is. I wish I could give you more information, but I don't have any more information, either.'
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Fitts, 25, has a 4.71 ERA in five starts (21 innings) in the majors this year. He made the Opening Day rotation and filled in admirably (3.18 ERA) in a three-start span before suffering a pectoral injury on April 12 in Chicago. His rehab was fast-tracked so he could fill a rotation opening in Milwaukee on May 27, and in his second start back, was tagged for six runs (five earned) in a single inning against the Angels. He was then sent to Triple-A to continue building up and has allowed seven earned runs on 15 hits in 12 innings. He went five shutout innings Tuesday.
'I was really focused on what I needed to work on,' said Fitts, 'and the build-up was a big part of that. I was re-defining my shapes of my pitches and it feels really good. I feel really confident and feel like I'm in a really good spot.'
In Anaheim, beginning Monday, Walker Buehler and Garrett Crochet are lineup for the first two games. With Dobbins in line to pitch the final game of the series Wednesday, it's presumed that Fitts will slide into that spot.
Tommy Cassell of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette first reported Fitts heading west.
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