Red Sox Place Infielder Marcelo Mayer on Injured List

The Boston Red Sox placed infielder Marcelo Mayer on the 10-day injured list Friday because of a left forearm injury. The club recalled infielder Tsung-Che Cheng from Triple-A Worcester to take his place before the team's game against the New York Yankees.

Interim manager Chad Tracy said the 23-year-old Mayer had been dealing with soreness for a while. "The recommendation of the doctors was if this is something that if you can get off and rest, that would be the best thing to do right now," Tracy said. The team described the injury as a bone stress reaction to the left ulna.

Cheng is making his Red Sox debut, starting at shortstop and batting ninth. He was claimed off waivers from Washington in February after playing with Pittsburgh last season.

This marks the third infielder who started the year with the club to go on the injured list. Shortstop Trevor Story needed sports hernia surgery in May, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa also went on the injured list with a forearm injury last week.