BOSTON -- The Red Sox?put reliever Koji Uehara on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday because of a right pectoral strain.The move comes one day after the right-hander exited a 4-0 win against the San Francisco Giants, clutching his right arm after throwing only seven pitches.Manager John Farrell said Wednesday night that an MRI confirmed that Uehara indeed suffered a strain of the right pectoral muscle.It obviously confirms a strain, Farrell said of the MRI. To what extent, were still getting our arms around that. This is a unique injury for a pitcher, so the best thing I can tell you is the MRI does confirm the strain. .Before the game, Farrell confirmed that newly acquired reliever Brad Ziegler will assume closer duties. Ziegler, a 36-year-old right-handed sidearmer, had 18 saves this season for the Arizona Diamondbacks before coming to Boston in a July 9 trade. He threw an inning of scoreless relief to finish Bostons 11-7 win against the Giants on Wednesday night.?There may be some left-handed situations, if were facing a string of left-handers, that there could be other options in the bullpen to close out. I dont want to rule that out, Farrell said. But as far as building through the game and working back to a closer, its Brad in that spot.The Red Sox are still without regular closer Craig Kimbrel, who had knee surgery July 11.Kimbrel was out on the field Wednesday afternoon throwing from flat ground from 90 feet. His initial timetable to return was three to six weeks.Hes feeling pretty darn good, Farrell said. He had a very positive exam yesterday, recheck with Dr. [Peter] Asnis, and were hopeful he gets out to 100-120 feet in the next couple of days as far as his flat-ground catch goes. That next step after that flat-ground work, hopefully thats in the coming days.Right-hander Junichi Tazawa?(shoulder) is expected to be activated from the DL before Fridays game against the Minnesota Twins.In place of Uehara, righty Noe Ramirez has been recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. In 11 appearances for the Red Sox this season, Ramirez has a 6.55 ERA. Discount NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Outlet . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. http://www.clearancenfljerseys.com/ . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . 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The junior guard hit his first 3-pointer in the first 58 seconds, then exchanged a little trash talk with Clemson forward Jaron Blossomgame. It was on from there.Macura surpassed his career high with 23 points in the first half and finished with 28 in a battle of two strong-willed teams.I started the season off not shooting the ball very well and my teammates did a great job of getting me the ball, said Macura, whose previous career high was 21 points. I had all the confidence in the world when I was shooting and we just had a great team victory today.The Musketeers jumped out to an early double-digit lead due in large part to their patience and getting the ball to the open man, which was often Macura. He was 5 for 6 from 3-point in the first 20 minutes, and Edmond Sumner (11 points) and Trevon Bluiett (21 points) showed great patience in making the extra pass to find Macura.Macura scored just five points in the second half, ending the game shooting 10 of 12 from the field and going 6-for-11 from 3-point range. But his contribution was just enough to prevent Clemson from completing its numerous comeback attempts.His teammates really wanted to find him. He has that ability, said Xavier coach Chris Mack, whose team moved to 3-0 as it heads into the championship game on Sunday. He had a huge game in the first half and he made some big-time plays in the second half as well.But the Tigers made it interesting at the end, pulling to 81-77 in the final 7 seconds after several lapses by Xavier on both ends of the floor. The game wasnt secured until Bluiett hit twoo free throws with 6 seconds remaining.ddddddddddddt was the second close win for the Musketeers after they escaped Missouri with a one-point win in overtime Thursday.It was really fun, Macura said. Clemson is a very good basketball team and I think we came together as a team and played great team basketball.We played well on the defensive end and we just need to keep doing this.BIG PICTUREClemson: All five of the Tigers starters are double-figure scorers. Their problem on Friday was discipline and not giving enough effort on the defensive end. Macura was allowed to hit too many open 3-pointers.Xavier: The Tigers are talented but they are soft inside and that is where the difference came. They were outscored 36-28 in the paint.POLL IMPLICATIONSXavier: A win over a quality opponent like the ACCs Clemson should bolster the Musketeers standing.SHOWING RESPECTClemson coach Brad Brownell was proud of his team played, but recognized it was tough to beat an Xavier team that converted 53 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point range for the game. The Musketeers seemed to have an answer for every run Clemson made.When Xavier shoots the ball like that theyre going to be hard to beat, Brownell said.DOMINATING THE PAINTOther players scored more points for Xavier but no contribution was perhaps bigger than center Sean OMara in the paint. He was 4 for 4 from the field and 2 for 2 from the free throw line to finish with 10 points.UP NEXTClemson: The Tigers will play the loser of the Northern Iowa-Oklahoma game for third place Sunday.Xavier: The Musketeers will play the Northern Iowa-Oklahoma winner in the championship game Sunday night.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '
