Red Sox's Wright hits the DL with shoulder injury

BOSTON -- One week after jamming his right shoulder while diving into second base as a pinch-runner, pitcher Steven Wright was placed on the 15-day disabled list, the Boston Red Sox announced Sunday.

Wright missed a start last week but had said he was "50-50" to make his next one, scheduled for Thursday night in Detroit, depending on the outcome of a bullpen session Monday. But with the inflammation in Wright's shoulder not subsiding as quickly as he hoped, the team decided to shut him down for a few days. The DL move is retroactive to Aug. 8, leaving Wright eligible to pitch as soon as Aug. 23.

"It's just not progressing the way I thought it was going to," Wright said after the Red Sox…