With the specter of a Hanley Ramirez injury in the forefront of everyone's mind, the Dodgers decide to recall Dee Gordon. In his place, yesterdays starter Stephen Fife is optioned back to Albuquerque. Via a Dodgers tweet:
#Dodgers today recalled shortstop @FlashGJr and optioned right-handed pitcher Stephen Fife to @AbqTopes.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 5, 2013
I do not know if he is in St. Louis right now. Nick Punto is scheduled to start tonights game against the Cardinals.
Per a Dodgers press release:
The Los Angeles Dodgers today recalled shortstop Dee Gordon from Triple-A Albuquerque and optioned right-handed pitcher Stephen Fife to Albuquerque.Now I need to find that Dee Gordon t-shirt I wrote about previously.
Gordon, 25, has hit safely in his last 17 games with Albuquerque, batting .366 (26-for-71) since July 14, and overall is batting .307 with a Pacific Coast League-leading 44 steals to go along with 16 doubles, eight triples and a .398 on-base percentage in 80 games. With the Isotopes, Gordon has hit .299 (23-for-77) with runners in scoring position. Gordon batted .175 with a home run and five RBI in 19 games during his previous call-up May 4-26.
Fife, 26, was reinstated from the disabled list yesterday (right shoulder bursitis) and picked up the win with 5.1 scoreless innings against the Cubs. Fife has gone 4-3 with a 2.47 ERA in nine big league starts this season.
Pic above via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers.
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