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MLB: Seattle puts Felix Hernandez, Mitch Haniger on the DL

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Right-handed ace Felix Hernandez was put on the 10-day disabled list by the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday because of right shoulder inflammation.

Hernandez lasted only two innings in Seattle’s 19-9 loss at Detroit on Tuesday.

The Mariners also put former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo star outfielder Mitch Haniger on the DL because of a strained right oblique.

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Boston reliever Matt Barnes dropped his appeal of a four-game suspension for throwing behind the head of Baltimore’s Manny Machado and began serving it. ...

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Infielder Gift Ngoepe, 27, called up by Pittsburgh from triple A, became the first African player to reach the majors. Ngoepe, from South Africa, had a single and a walk in three plate appearances against the Chicago Cubs. The club sent reliever Dovydos Neverauskas to the minors. He became the first Lithuania-born and raised player to pitch in the majors when he appeared in Pittsburgh’s loss to the Cubs on Monday. ...

Washington put reliever Koda Glover on the 10-day DL because of a hip impingement. ... San Francisco put outfielder Denard Span on the 10-day DL because of a shoulder injury and shortstop Brandon Crawford on the bereavement list.

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