CLEVELAND (AP) -Reliever Tom Mastny was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Monday by the offensively slumping Cleveland Indians, who optioned infielder Michael Aubrey back to the minors.
Mastny will be joining the Indians for the second time this season. The right-hander didn’t have a decision and had a 10.80 ERA in two appearances for Cleveland before he was optioned to the Bisons on May 11. He went 1-0 with a 3.14 ERA in 11 appearances for Buffalo.
Aubrey homered in his first at-bat for the Indians and batted .185 with two homers and two RBIs in nine games.
The Indians will open a four-game series in Texas Monday night with the AL’s lowest batting average (.233). After winning 96 games last season, Cleveland is just 25-31 and batted went just 12-15 while batting only .218 in May, the lowest one-month average in the majors since 2003.
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