Bruce to paternity list; Reds recall Somsen

NEW YORK — The Reds placed right fielder Jay Bruce on the three-day paternity list on Monday and summoned right-handed reliever Layne Somsen from Triple-A Louisville to take his place on the 25-man roster.

To make room for Somsen on their 40-man roster, the Reds transferred pitcher Michael Lorenzen to the 60-day disabled list.

Bruce flew home to Texas to be with his wife, Hannah, to be present for the birth of their first child. Cincinnati, whose bullpen has struggled and entered Monday with the second-most innings in the Majors, opted to add an eighth reliever instead of a position player.

“After the Cubs series — I think they scored 38 runs or so in the four games — that taxed our bullpen quite a bit,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “So bringing up Layne Somsen as an extra bullpen arm was definitely a need more so than an extra position player. We’ve got to just make sure our pitchers stay in the game so we don’t have to burn a lot of those bench guys early in the ballgame.”

Somsen had a 1.04 ERA over five appearances and 8 2/3 innings this season for Louisville. A 22nd-round pick in the 2013 Draft by the Reds out of South …

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