CUBS’ ZAMBRANO SIDELINED
CHICAGO — Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano has right rotator cuff tendinitis and inflammation, an MRI confirmed Thursday.
General manager Jim Hendry said Zambrano, who received a shot of anti-inflammatory medication, hopes to start throwing again when the team begins a series in St. Louis on Wednesday. If all goes well, Zambrano would start at Houston in the following series. Sean Marshall will start in Zambrano’s place Sunday at Cincinnati.
Footnotes.
Yankees right fielder Bobby Abreu was removed from the starting lineup because of a sore left wrist. He is day to day.
• Reds right-hander Josh Fogg left after three innings against Pittsburgh because he strained his groin while scoring on a sacrifice fly.
• Todd Cruz, an infielder with the 1983 world champion Orioles, died Tuesday while swimming at the apartment complex in which he lived in Bullhead City, Ariz. He was 52. The cause of death is pending results of an autopsy.
• Nationals right-hander Shawn Hill will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow today.
• Phillies third-base coach Steve Smith was suspended for two games and fined because of an argument with umpires during a game in Chicago last week. The Associated Press
