The Los Angeles Dodgers placed ace Walker Buehler on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a blister on his right pitching hand. The move is retroactive to Sunday.
Buehler, 26, is coming off his best outing of the season Friday when he struck out 11 in six innings in a 5-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
He is 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA in five starts this season. He has struck out 28 batters and allowed nine walks and five home runs in 25 innings.
He was scheduled to start the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader in San Francisco.
Buehler was an All-Star in 2019, finishing with a 14-4 record, a 3.26 ERA and 215 strikeouts in 182 1/3 innings.
In a corresponding transaction, the Dodgers recalled right-hander Mitch White.
White, 25, has never pitched in a major league game.
He split the 2019 season between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City, going a combined 4-6 with a 5.09 ERA and 105 strikeouts. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round in 2016 out of Santa Clara University.
