Orioles Put Rhodes on Disabled List

The Baltimore Orioles placed reliever Arthur Rhodes (9-1), who won his first nine decisions this season, on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 14, and recalled pitcher Rick Krivda from Triple-A Rochester. Rhodes has an injured left shoulder.

Also, Manager Davey Johnson said all those around Brady Anderson would like the center fielder to have the appendectomy even his doctor says he needs. They would like him to avoid the additional risk he is taking by waiting, in the very slim hope his condition will improve.

“But I can’t sign and admit him [into the hospital],” Johnson said.

The Orioles may help make the decision easier for him: They may place him on the 15-day disabled list, giving him more reason to have the surgery that will sideline him for three to six weeks.

Anderson began hurting last Wednesday, played Thursday and tested positive for signs of appendicitis Friday. He sat out the past four games.

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The Philadelphia Phillies placed infielder Mike Benjamin on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Saturday, because of a sore neck and assigned first baseman/outfielder J.R. Phillips to triple-A Scranton-Wilkes-Barre. Their roster spots were filled with outfielder Manny Martinez, recently claimed off waivers from the Seattle Mariners; and outfielder Glenn Murray, who was on the disabled list because of an injured right wrist.

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The Montreal Expos placed outfielder Sherman Obando, who was hit in the mouth by a line drive while he sat in the dugout on Saturday night, on the 15-day disabled list, and recalled outfielder Moises Alou, who has been sidelined because of a hamstring pull.

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The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Dave Stevens (1-2, with 11 saves) on the 15-day disabled list because of cuts and a broken finger on his pitching hand sustained in an undisclosed off-field incident.

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Kirby Puckett will be feted in Minneapolis on Sept. 7 before the Twins-Angels game. Puckett retired after 13 seasons in the major leagues because of irreversible damage to the retina of his right eye.

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Pittsburgh Pirate second baseman Carlos Garcia was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right hamstring, and his roster spot will be filled by outfielder Jermaine Allensworth, recalled from triple-A Calgary.

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Oakland’s Terry Steinbach, whose previous home run high was 16 in 1987, hit two homers Monday for the second game in a row and now has 23. He also tied the Athletics’ record for home runs by a catcher, matching Jeff Newman’s 22 homers set in 1979----one of Steinbach’s homers this season came as a pinch-hitter. . . . Mark McGwire’s single to lead off the second inning in Chicago was his 1,000th hit. . . . Chicago White Sox catcher Chad Kreuter, who sustained a dislocated left shoulder in a collision at home plate Friday night, will undergo surgery Wednesday at Centinela Hospital Medical Center.