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Yankees place Beltran on DL

The Sports Xchange

July 03, 2015 at 4:01 pm.

The 38-year-old Beltran is hitting .260 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs this season. Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports

The New York Yankees placed outfielder Carlos Beltran on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a left oblique strain.

The move is retroactive to July 1. The 38-year-old Beltran is hitting .260 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs this season. He exited Tuesday game in the fifth inning.

Beltran, in the second season of a three-year, $45 million contract, joins center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on the disabled list. Ellsbury is currently on a rehab assignment for a sprained knee suffered on May 19.

The Yankees also recalled outfielder Ramon Flores and infielder Gregorio Petit from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

In addition, the club optioned outfielder Taylor Dugas to Triple-A.

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