For the second time this season, the Tampa Bay Rays have placed reliever Pete Fairbanks on the 10-day injured list for a shoulder injury.
Fairbanks left Wednesday night’s loss to the New York Yankees in the top of the tenth inning after hitting Greg Allen with a slider, and giving up an RBI single to Aaron Judge, which ended up plating the eventual winning run.
The 27-year-old right-hander, who is 3-4 with a 3.48 earned run average and five saves in 34 relief appearances this season, also missed nearly a month early in the season with a rotator cuff strain in the same shoulder. He went on the injured list on April 9 and was activated May 5.
To take Fairbanks’ spot on the active roster, reliever Chris Mazza has been recalled from Triple-A Durham.