Athletics place starter Luis Severino on IL with strained right shoulder

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Athletics placed starter Luis Severino connected the 15-day injured database with a strained close enarthrosis connected Saturday aft helium near his erstwhile commencement aft lone 1 inning.

Severino said aft Friday night’s 8-2 nonaccomplishment to the Yankees that helium felt choky successful his throwing enarthrosis each clip helium threw a transportation during warmups earlier the 2nd inning, starring to his aboriginal exit. The A’s made the determination Saturday to unopen him down for astatine slightest 2 weeks, recalling right-handed pitcher Michael Kelly from Triple-A Las Vegas to instrumentality his spot connected the roster.

Severino had initially felt immoderate tightness successful his limb pursuing a commencement against the Los Angeles Angels connected May 21. The A’s gave him a mates of other days betwixt starts earlier helium took the mound again Friday nighttime but helium lone lasted 1 inning.

“I felt similar if I kept throwing, thing adjacent worse was going to happen,” Severino said aft the game. “That’s wherefore I stopped.”

Severino got disconnected to a unsmooth commencement successful the game, allowing 4 unearned runs successful the archetypal inning, including a three-run homer to Paul Goldschmidt.

The 32-year-old Severino is successful the 2nd play of a three-year, $67 cardinal woody with the A’s. He is 2-6 with a 4.16 ERA successful 12 starts this season.

Severino is the 2nd A’s starter to spell connected the injured database this week with Aaron Civale being enactment determination Tuesday with a enarthrosis injury. Heralded imaginable Gage Jump was called up to instrumentality Civale’s spot and allowed 4 runs successful 5 innings successful a nonaccomplishment to Seattle connected Tuesday.

Kelly began the play connected the A’s roster and had a 6.23 ERA successful 4 alleviation appearances earlier helium was optioned to Las Vegas connected April 9. He was 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA and 2 saves successful 13 alleviation appearances successful the minors.