Red Sox RPH Walker Buehler placed on 15-day IL due to shoulder bursitis

BOSTON AP The Boston Red Sox placed right-handed starter Walker Buehler on the -day injured list with right shoulder bursitis Friday one day after the unit sent him from Toronto to Boston to undergo tests Buehler had been scheduled to start Friday as the Red Sox opened a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park The reason for the tests stem from his inability to bounce back after his last start which was last Saturday when the -year-old allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings to beat Cleveland his third straight winning start Buehler is - with a ERA in his six starts since signing a one-year million contract with the Red Sox this past offseason He spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning two World Series Taking Buehler s place on Boston s roster is RHP Hunter Dobbins who was called up from Triple-A Worcester Also Friday the Red Sox reinstated catcher Connor Wong and optioned Blake Sabol to Worcester Wong was in Friday s lineup hitting seventh He landed on the -day IL on April with a left pinky fracture