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Albers rejoins Twins as Boshers lands on DL
- Updated: August 11, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Left-hander Andrew Albers was expected to be the Twins’ designated 26th man for the second game of Thursday’s split doubleheader against the Astros, but instead simply had his contract purchased from Triple-A Rochester with lefty reliever Buddy Boshers placed on the 15-day day disabled list with left elbow inflammation.
The Twins had planned to recall another player to replace Boshers, but Twins interim general manager Rob Antony said a cancelled flight ruined that plan. The player was expected to be righty reliever Pat Light. So the Twins went without a 26th player in the twin bill. Boshers suffered the injury in the 15-7 loss to the Astros in Game 1, and was charged with six runs in 1 1/3 innings. He’s set to undergo an MRI exam on Friday.
“This obviously just popped up today,” Antony said. “We will not have a 26th man and the reason is because we had a player coming this morning but he had travel issues. His flight got canceled and wouldn’t able to get here until 9:30 p.m. So we had some other moves planned, but with the injury and the travel situation, this is …
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