Jake Westbrook Injured – Out for the Season
June 7, 2008 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Injuries
Jake Westbrook will need surgery on his elbow and will miss the rest of the season. The right-handed Cleveland Indians starter has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.
Westbrook was having a very good season for the Indians. Before his injury, he had a 3.12 ERA with 19 strikeouts over the span of five starts. In his second start of the season, Westbrook threw a complete game to pickup his only win of the year.
With Westbrook gone, the Indians will turn to Jeremy Sowers as the new starter. The 25-year-old Sowers as a 5.23 ERA in two starts this season.
Currently, the Indians are 28-34 and are in third place in the AL Central. Cleveland is 7.5 games behind the division leading Chicago White Sox.
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