Placed on IL with arm fatigue The Rangers placed Scherzer on the 15-day injured list Friday, retroactive to July 31, due to right shoulder fatigue. Impact Scherzer noted after his last start Tuesday against St. Louis that he felt his arm fatigued for the second time in three starts, per MLB.com. He took the loss against the Cardinals after allowing three runs on hour hits and one walk while striking out five across four innings and 68 pitches. A minimum stint on the injured list would put Scherzer on track to return to the Rangers' rotation Aug. 15, but he could be held out longer to make sure his shoulder is 100 percent healthy. In his eight starts since returning from offseason back surgery in June, Scherzer has gone 2-4 with a 3.89 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 38:8 K:BB across 39.1 innings. Walter Pennington was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock in a corresponding move.
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