SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Hunter Dobbins was placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday by the Boston Red Sox with a strained pitching elbow.
The move for Dobbins is retroactive to Saturday.
He is 4-1 with a 4.10 ERA over 12 appearances and 10 starts this year. He started Friday's series opener at San Francisco and issued five walks and four earned runs over four innings.
To fill his roster spot, Boston recalled right-hander Richard Fitts from Triple-A Worcester.
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Hunter Dobbins reacts after fielding an infield RBI single by San Francisco Giants' Mike Yastrzemski during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Hunter Dobbins throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — England's managing director of men's cricket Rob Key says he will investigate the drinking habits of the England team following reports that their mid-Ashes beach resort break may have involved over-indulging of alcohol.
England lost each of the first three tests to allow Australia to retain the Ashes in just 11 days of on-field action.
The England squad visited the resort town of Noosa on the Sunshine Coach north of Brisbane between the second and third tests, a long-planned part of the itinerary designed to help players relax and unwind on the long tour.
Key, who did not join the players in Noosa, said he had no problem with the break, but would not be happy if he found evidence of over-indulging.
“If there’s things where people are saying that our players went out and drank excessively, then of course we’ll be looking into that,” he said Tuesday in Melbourne, where the fourth test begins Friday.
“Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol for an international cricket team is not something that I’d expect to see at any stage and it would be a fault not to look into what happened there. From everything that I’ve heard so far, they actually were pretty well behaved. Very well behaved.”
He added: “We’ve got enough ways of finding out exactly what happened and everything that I’ve heard so far that they sat down, had lunch, had dinner, didn’t go out late, all of that, had the odd drink. I don’t mind that. If it goes past that, then that’s an issue as far as I’m concerned."
Key also said he had previously looked into reports that players had been spotted drinking the night before a match in New Zealand shortly before the Ashes.
A short clip of white-ball captain Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell was shared by a member of the public on social media, said to have been taken while they were out in Wellington before the third one-day international on Nov. 1.
“I didn’t feel like that was worthy of formal warnings, but it was probably worthy of informal ones,” he said.
“I think that was a bit of a wake-up call actually for what they’re going into. I don’t mind players having a glass of wine over dinner. Anything more than that, I think is ridiculous, really.”
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Australian players celebrate the dismissal of England's Jamie Smith during play on the final day of the third Ashes cricket test between England and Australia in Adelaide, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby)
