BALTIMORE (AP) -The Orioles placed left-hander Adam Loewen on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, the latest setback for the former first-round draft pick.
The team said Loewen had re-injured the stress fracture in his left elbow – the same injury that led him to have surgery that cost him most of the 2007 season.
Baltimore did not give a timetable for Loewen’s return. The 24-year-old was 0-2 with an 8.02 ERA in seven games and has already spent two months on the DL with elbow soreness. He initially suffered the stress fracture in May 2007.
To take Loewen’s roster spot, the Orioles recalled right-hander Alberto Castillo from Triple-A Norfolk. The 33-year-old Castillo was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1994 as a first baseman and had spent the past seven seasons in the independent leagues. At Norfolk, he was 3-1 with a 2.05 ERA in 19 games.
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