Disabled List Claims Three Pitchers
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Curt Schilling will miss at least two weeks with a bone bruise on his surgically repaired right ankle, the latest misstep for a Boston rotation that lost David Wells a few days earlier.
Schilling’s injury could be indirectly related to the operation he had last November, Boston GM Theo Epstein said yesterday, although the latest problem is higher in the ankle. Epstein said Schilling will go on the 15-day disabled list and wear a removable boot for two weeks.
Also yesterday, the San Francisco Giants announced that closer Armando Benitez is expected to miss four months after tearing his hamstring while covering first base. The Giants placed Benitez on the 15-day disabled list yesterday, a day after his injury, but trainer Stan Conte said the reliever would be out for much longer after an MRI revealed that he tore his right hamstring tendons.
In St. Louis, Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen was placed on the 15-day DL with a strained right abdominal muscle.
