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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Acta: Wood will close once activated from DL </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Kerry Wood - R - CLE - Jul. 27 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Indians manager Manny Acta said Monday that Kerry Wood (finger) will reclaim ninth-inning duties once he is activated from the disabled list.
Wood was placed on the disabled list in mid-July with a blister on his right index finger and only just began throwing from a mound. Chris Perez has filled in admirably with 10 1/3 straight scoreless innings and three saves over that span, but Wood's hefty contract rules all. "Whenever Kerry's ready, he'll close," Acta said. "But Chris is not going anywhere."
Source: Indians.mlb.com
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Wood was placed on the disabled list in mid-July with a blister on his right index finger and only just began throwing from a mound. Chris Perez has filled in admirably with 10 1/3 straight scoreless innings and three saves over that span, but Wood's hefty contract rules all. "Whenever Kerry's ready, he'll close," Acta said. "But Chris is not going anywhere."
Source: Indians.mlb.com
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