NEW YORK -- New York Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz was placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation Thursday, five days after the right-hander felt pain in an outing against the New York Mets.
Cruz said he had been dealing with inflammation for the past three weeks and the pain intensified when he threw 26 pitches to the final seven hitters of a 3-2 loss. Cruz got the final out of the eighth inning, the first out of the ninth but loaded the bases and allowed a tiebreaking sacrifice fly to Francisco Lindor.