The Cincinnati Reds will place right-handed rookie Rhett Lowder on the 15-day injured list with an injury to his throwing shoulder, manager Terry Francona announced Sunday.
Lowder, 24, received an injection in the AC joint of his right shoulder after an MRI on Friday came back negative.
“We’re going to place him on the IL,” Francona said. “It’s not been done yet, but I think our thought was we’re trying not to put a Band-Aid on something. We want this kid to be able to pitch and pitch for a long time and not get interrupted. So hopefully a couple weeks down will do him a world of good.”
Lowder allowed three runs on one hit — a home run — and walked four batters in three innings of an 8-3 setback to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. He took the loss, falling to 3-3 with a 5.40 ERA in eight starts this season.
He is 5-5 with a 3.52 ERA in 14 career appearances (all starts) with the Reds.
