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D-Backs send Owings to minors
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Micah Owings picks through the dirt on the pitchers mound Nick Hundley hit a three-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game Monday, July 28, 2008 in San Diego.
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO – The Diamondbacks optioned Micah Owings to Triple-A Tucson on Tuesday and recalled reliever Jailen Peguero.
Owings, 6-8 with a 5.93 ERA, was sent down a day after giving up eight runs to San Diego in three innings of an 8-5 loss.
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Owings opened the season by winning his first four starts, but had not won since May 25 and was 0-6 with a 6.87 ERA in his nine starts after that.
Yusmeiro Petit will take Owings’ spot in the rotation and start Saturday in Los Angeles.
Petit pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Owings on Monday and has given up three runs in 17 innings – two starts, two relief outings – since rejoining the D-Backs on June 27 when Edgar Gonzalez went on the disabled list.
Peguero was 5-4 with four saves and a 4.42 ERA in 41 appearances at Tucson. He had 60 strikeouts in 59 innings.
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