Rox disable P Herges, recall P Speier
Sports Network | August 20, 2008
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Colorado Rockies placed pitcher Matt Herges on the 15-day disabled list with lower back stiffness Wednesday and recalled pitcher Ryan Speier from Triple-A Colorado Springs.
The roster move is retroactive to August 18.
Herges, 38, is 3-4 with a 5.09 earned run average in 51 games for the Rockies this season. He last pitched August 17 against Washington and allowed consecutive singles to the only two batters he faced. The right-hander had allowed runs in seven of his last 10 appearances before hitting the DL.
The 29-year-old Speier will be joining the big club for the third time this season after logging a 1-1 record and a 4.66 ERA in 30 games for Colorado earlier this season.
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