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Tuesday, August 26, 1997

Rangers put Will Clark, Warren Newsom on disabled list

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Just one day after Will Clark said "there's no way" he would agree to it, the Texas Rangers placed the ailing first baseman and outfielder Warren Newson onto the disabled list Monday.

Clark, who had started just one of the club's last nine games because of torn tissue under his right heel, was hitless in his last 12 at-bats and in a 4-of-28 slump as his average dropped from .341 to .326. Clark, who has 12 homers 51 RBIs, is on the DL for the second time this season.

Newsom, hitting .281 with 10 homers and 23 RBIs in 81 games, ruptured his right biceps tendon diving for a fly ball in Sunday's game against Chicago and was placed on the 60-day disabled list. He did not make the trip to Milwaukee and will have season-ending surgery this week.

"Part of life, part of baseball," manager Johnny Oates said. "There's two things I can't do anything about: injuries and the weather."

Oates isn't sure how long Clark will be out.

"I don't know if that will be 15 days or the rest of the season," he said.

"That's what the frustrating part about this injury is," Clark said. "You don't know when you will come back. It's a demoralizing thing when you don't play. But if I can't get back in the lineup, there's nothing I can do about it."

Clark, seventh in the AL in batting starting Monday, had told The Dallas Morning News on Sunday that he wouldn't go on the DL.

"There's no way. I'm not shutting it down. I worked too hard this off-season to get shut down," Clark was quoted as saying. "Even if I wanted to, there's no way I'd do it and let somebody write something else about me. I'm not going to give anybody the satisfaction."

Clark also said it's a blow to the club to lose Newsom because "he's been doing a great job for us as a part-time starter and coming off the bench."

To take their spots on the roster, the Rangers recalled right-hander Eric Moody and outfielder Mike Simms from Oklahoma City of the American Association.

Moody was 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA in three games with Texas earlier this month, one of them a start, and is 5-6 with a 3.46 ERA in 10 starts with Oklahoma City.

Simms is hitting .385 with three homers and eight RBIs in 10 games with Oklahoma City. He had spent the majority of the season with Texas, batting .241 with five homers and 19 RBI. He was demoted Aug. 8.

Right-hander Tanyon Sturtze was sent outright to Oklahoma City. He was 1-1 with an 8.27 ERA in nine games with Texas before being designated for assignment Aug. 19, and he cleared waivers Monday.

Catcher Frank Charles and outfielders Doug O'Neill and Brian Blair were assigned outright to Tulsa and infielder Ryan Gorecki was assigned outright to Charlotte.

Texas has also signed left-handed pitcher Angel Miranda to a contract with Oklahoma City. Miranda was 9-9 and 3.86 in 10 appearances with Milwaukee this season before being released June 16. He was 0-2 in nine games with Cleveland's Buffalo club before being released earlier this month.Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story
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