BOSTON (AP) The Boston Red Sox put ace Chris Sale on the disabled list

Tuesday with left shoulder inflammation Yovani Gallardo Jersey , meaning he will miss his scheduled start this week against the New York Yankees.Sale said the soreness is in the same spot as usual after a start, but he wasn’t recovering as quickly. Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said there were no plans for an MRI.”It’s more of a short-term type thing,” Dombrowski said. ”But because it’s Chris, it becomes much more of a focus, understandably so. ”Sale had been scheduled to start the opener of a four-game series against the Yankees on Thursday night, and lefty Brian Johnson will make the start instead. Boston led New York by a season-high six games in the AL East heading into Tuesday night’s games.The move was retroactive to Saturday, meaning Sale could start again on Aug. 7, when Boston plays the Toronto Blue Jays.”If we were in a different position and they needed me to make this next start, I would be out there pitching,” Sale said before the Red Sox played the Phillies at Fenway Park. ”I would make that start in two days.”Sale is leading the majors in strikeouts and tops the AL with a 2.04 ERA. The lefty is 5-0 in his last six starts and hasn’t given up a run in his last three outings.”When he said something today, we thought it was better that he not pitch rather than taking a chance with that,” Dombrowski said. ”We’re hoping it can be knocked out quickly. But any time you have Chris Sale, you’d rather not have him miss a start.”Right-hander Brandon Workman was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to take Sale’s place on the roster.The announcement cast a shadow on a day that Ian Kinsler made his Red Sox debut Eric Thames Jersey , less than 24 hours after he was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels. Kinsler was in the lineup against the Phillies, batting sixth and playing second base.”They have a great thing going,” Kinsler said in the clubhouse before the game. ”You’re trying to fit in.” MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Joe Mauer drove to the ballpark for a doubleheader to begin the last series of the season for the Minnesota Twins, the finality of the weekend dawned on him a little deeper than usual.These games against the Chicago White Sox aren’t necessarily going to be the last of Mauer’s 15-year career, but there’s no guarantee they won’t be, either. Mauer will wait until the offseason, in consultation with his family, to decide whether or not to retire at age 35. The three-time American League batting champion and six-time All-Star will be a free agent, his eight-year $184 million contract set to expire, but he has no interest in playing outside of his home state.“The end of the season sneaks up on you. Here we are, the last weekend,” Mauer said before the Twins swept the doubleheader from the White Sox on Friday. “Just trying to enjoy it.”By going 2 for 4 in each of the two games, Mauer stretched his on-base streak to 14 straight starts. He’s batting .362 (21 for 58) during that stretch. After a single in the sixth inning of the second game Glenn Robinson Jersey , Mauer was pulled for a pinch-runner and received a standing ovation as he waved and tipped his helmet to the crowd.Mauer’s 35-year-old production is modest at best, compared to his pre-2013-concussion numbers as a catcher, let alone his 2009 AL MVP season. He has only six home runs and 33 extra-base hits.Still, he’s batting .280, which is 32 points above the major league average, and in the top 25 in the AL in on-base percentage. With runners in scoring position, he’s hitting an MLB-best .410 in 78 at-bats. Earlier this week, he became the Twins leader in times on base, passing Hall of Fame member Harmon Killebrew.“The professionalism, the performance, the things he’s done here in his hometown community for a number of years. It’s just been the full package,” said manager Paul Molitor, who’s doing some savoring of his own this weekend in the event Mauer doesn’t return.The Twins (76-84) http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-manny-pina-jersey , who made the AL wild card game at 85-77 in 2017, will wrap up a sixth losing record in the last eight years on Sunday afternoon.“It’s going to be fun to watch him play,” Molitor said. “I’m hoping there’s a little sense of acknowledgement each and every time he steps on that field.”Mauer’s laid-back nature has never naturally lent itself to clubhouse leadership, but in the last few seasons he has come into his own as the most experienced player on the roster ought to. He initiated a postgame contest after victories, when a game ball is awarded to a player whose performance made the most impact.“I just wanted to show them the importance of the little things that contribute to a win,” Mauer said. “It might not be getting four hits that day. It might be going first to third with less than two outs and you end up scoring that run.”Though teammates Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar chipped in with occasional choices at Mauer’s request before they were traded to other teams this summer, the game-ball committee has largely been a one-man production. Perhaps that’s fitting, given how deep his contributions to the franchise have fun since the first overall pick in the 2001 draft made his debut in 2004.“Some guys if they don’t get mentioned might take exception to that, and the next day they might try to really do something to get mentioned,” Mauer said. “But it’s a fun thing that we’ve been doing, and it seems like the boys have a good time doing it too.”