The Oakland A’s placed starting pitcher Brett Anderson on the disabled list on Tuesday, the team announced. To replace him on the roster, reliever Ryan Dull was called up from Triple-A Nashville.
The diagnosis for Anderson is a strained forearm. The left-hander had been on a roll lately, allowing just two total runs in four August starts spanning 26u2154 innings, but his hot streak ended on Monday. He got torched by the Astros in that last game, as Houston knocked him out in the 3rd with a five-run rally. Overall this year he’s been around league average, and Oakland has won seven of his 13 starts.