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Oakland A's place Jed Lowrie on 15-day DL, call up Zach Neal as long reliever

The Athletics have also called up Eric Surkamp for Wednesday's start, as expected, and optioned left-handed reliever Daniel Coulombe to Triple-A.

The Oakland A's selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Zach Neal and placed second baseman Jed Lowrie on the 15-day disabled list. To create room on the 40-man roster for Neal, infielder Eric Sogard was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

The A's also called up left-handed pitcher Eric Surkamp to make Wednesday's start, as expected. The club optioned left-handed reliever Daniel Coulombe back to Triple-A Nashville. Coulombe had pitched back-to-back days for Nashville and Oakland.