BOSTON — White Sox right-hander Jesse Scholtens, who made 11 starts while posting a 1-9 record and 5.29 ERA, won’t make his final start of the season after landing on the injured list with a left calf strain.
Scholtens hurt his calf running sprints in the Fenway Park outfield before the Sox’ game against the Red Sox Saturday.
Righty Declan Cronin, who made six relief appearances for the Sox over two stints this season — allowing 10 runs in 7 2⁄3 innings — returns from Charlotte for the last six games of the season. Cronin, who had been on the injured list with blister problems, will pitch out of the bullpen. At Charlotte, he was 3-0 with a 3.83 ERA with two saves in 51 2/2 innings.’
Manager Pedro Grifol did not say who would take Scholtens’ turn in the rotation Wednesday against the Diamondbacks.
“We’ll fill it from somebody in here and somebody will get a good opportunity to show us what they got,” Grifol said.
This was the first season in the majors for Scholtens, 29, who along with Touki Toussaint (4-6, 5.11 starts) filled gaps in the rotation following the trades of starters Lance Lynn and Lucas Giolito. Toussaint made 15 starters, posting a 5.63 ERA in those.
“We used [Scholtens] out of the pen where he didn’t have much experience, we threw him three out of four days, started him, put him back in the pen,” Grifol said. “Sent him to Triple-A, he came back. He had a good year for us.”
