MLB Player News

Yankees pitcher Chris Martin will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, LoHud.com reports.

Martin was placed on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis in early May. He has posted a 3.55 ERA and 13:3 K:BB ratio in 12 2/3 innings.

Rays starting pitcher Matt Moore was hit in the chest by a line drive during an extended spring game Thursday. However, Moore appeared to dodge a serious injury.

WINK TV in Fort Myers, Fla., posted a Vine of Moore getting hit by the comebacker.

Moore, who is coming off Tommy John surgery last year, was making his second extended spring start Thursday. He threw 46 pitches in three innings Thursday, according to The Tampa Tribune.

Moore could begin a rehab assignment in his next outing. He remains on track to join the major-league roster in late June or early July.

The White Sox have called up right-hander Chris Beck from Triple-A, who will start the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Beck was a second-round pick by the White Sox in the 2012 draft.

He has made eight starts with Triple-A Charlotte this season, going 3-2 with a 3.30 ERA. 

Fellow righty Scott Carroll was sent down to Triple-A in a corresponding move. 

With White Sox manager Robin Ventura looking to stay away from closer David Robertson on Thursday, he turned to Zach Duke and Jake Petricka to close out a 3-2 win in the first game of a doubleheader against the Orioles.

Ventura kept Duke in the game in the ninth inning after he relieved Chris Sale with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Duke struck out Manny Machado in the eighth to preserve a 2-0 lead. He took the mound in the ninth with a 3-0 lead.

He struck out the first two batters in the ninth before running into trouble. Delmon Young had a two-out single, and then Chris Davis parked a two-run homer into the right-field seats to cut the deficit to one.

Ventura went to Petricka for the final out of the game. He struck out Travis Snider for his first save of the season and 15th career save.

White Sox manager Robin Ventura indicated closer David Robertson will likely won't be used in Thursday's doubleheader against the Orioles.

Robertson suffered his second blown save in as many games Wednesday at Toronto. He has a 6.23 ERA and three blown saves in his last eight appearances after having a 0.00 ERA and no blown saves in his first 12 outings.

Astros pitcher Collin McHugh allowed four runs on nine hits in Houston's 5-4 loss to the Orioles on Wednesday, but did not factor into a decision.

McHugh was in cruise control through the first three innings of work. However, the fourth inning was not kind to him. McHugh allowed a leadoff double to Jimmy Paredes followed by a bunt single by Adam Jones. Then, Baltimore executed a double steal to perfection, plating a run when Paredes stole home. 

McHugh then surrendered back-to-back home runs to Chris Davis and Steve Pearce before finally being able to get out of the inning. McHugh, who remains 5-2, moved his ERA to 3.68 in his six innings of work. He will look to get back on track when he faces the Orioles again on Tuesday.

White Sox closer David Robertson blew his second save in as many games on Wednesday against the Blue Jays. For the second straight game, he served up a ninth-inning home run to Josh Donaldson, with Wednesday's bomb tying the game at three.

"I'm not going to sit there and dwell on the fact," Robertson said of his second straight blown save, per MLB.com. "You have bad games. This is the big leagues. You're going to make mistakes. Guys are going to hit home runs. You're going to have whole runs where you have two or three bad outings in a row. You just have to push those aside and move on to the next thing. It's over. It's already done. You can't change it."

Fortunately for Robertson, the offense bailed him out by scoring twice in the top of the 10th. Robertson came back out for the bottom half and was able to secure the victory, earning his fourth win on the season. 

Rays relief pitcher Brad Boxberger struggled in his only inning of work on Wednesday in Tampa Bay's 3-0 loss to the Mariners. Boxberger came on in the ninth with the game tied 0-0. 

Boxberger struggled to find the zone and walked two straight batters after striking out the first two batters of the inning. Then, Boxberger served up a fat one over the middle for Nelson Cruz, who blasted a 3-0 home run over the right center field wall. 

Boxberger, now 2-3, moved his ERA to 2.95 in 18 1/3 innings of work.

Injured Athletics pitchers A.J. Griffin and Drew Pomeranz are both progressing in their respective rehab process.

Griffin will throw a simulated game on Thursday, per the MLB Network. Griffin, who is nursing an elbow injury, was a huge factor in the A's rotation during the 2012-13 seasons before the injury bug struck.

Pomeranz will throw off a mound on Thursday, after playing catch earilier in the week. He is on the 15-day DL with a shoulder injury. Pomeranz (2-3) has a 4.40 ERA in 43 innings this season.

Without an off-day on Thursday, Red Sox manager John Farrell wanted to give his starters an extra day's rest heading into the weekend. So, the team will call up prospect Eduardo Rodriguez to start Thursday's game against the Rangers, with the rest of the rotation being pushed back a day.

Steven Wright, who was originally scheduled to go on Thursday, will now pitch Friday. He will be followed by Wade Miley and Joe Kelly. Clay Buchholz will open the three-game set with the Twins at home on Monday. 

The Red Sox don't have a scheduled off-day until June 8.