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Reds’ Cabrera cleared to resume backup duties
- Updated: May 30, 2016
DENVER — Catcher Raffy Lopez was summoned from Triple-A Louisville and instead of an actual big league promotion, got a free overnight stay in downtown Denver on Sunday and a visit to Coors Field on Monday morning.
But the Reds never made a roster move. Lopez was insurance, of sorts, because backup catcher Ramon Cabrera was dealing with a sore left hand.
“I’ve been here before, but it beats 11-12-hour bus rides and a couple Dos Equis. It was comfortable,” Lopez said.
On Friday when he started against the Brewers, Cabrera was behind the plate when he took a foul ball off the back of his left ring finger and was hurting the past couple of days. After Sunday’s game at Miller Park, he was sent back to Cincinnati for an exam and MRI. Once he checked out OK, the Reds decided not to put Cabrera on the disabled list and he was scheduled to fly to Denver and rejoin the club before Monday’s game.
Lopez, 28, played seven games for the Cubs in 2014 and got his first Major League hit against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. He was released by the Tigers on April 1 and spent three …
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