BASEBALL Twins place Koskie on DL, recall Prieto from Triple-A

The third baseman is hitting .298 with 14 homers and 55 RBIs.
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Minnesota Twins third baseman Corey Koskie was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of a back injury that is not healing as quickly as expected.
The move to the DL is retroactive to July 12, so Koskie will be eligible to return in a week. Minnesota replaced him on the roster with infielder Alex Prieto from Triple-A Rochester.
After Sunday's win over Oakland, the Twins also put outfielder Lew Ford on the DL after X-rays revealed a cracked bone in his right forearm.
Ford, hit by a pitch in batting practice before a game on July 9, was replaced by first baseman Todd Sears -- who was called up from Rochester.
Koskie is hitting .298 with 14 homers and 55 RBIs. He told manager Ron Gardenhire after Saturday's game against Oakland that he had a setback in his recovery from the injury.
First trip
Prieto was batting .264 with four homers and 18 RBIs at Rochester. This is his first trip to the majors. Primarily a shortstop for the Red Wings, Prieto will play mostly third base and second base with the Twins.
Prieto was not on the 40-man roster, so the Twins designated right-hander Tony Fiore for assignment to make room. Fiore went 1-1 with a 5.50 ERA before being sent to Rochester on June 18.
Also, infielder Denny Hocking's sore shoulder was feeling better Sunday. He hurt it diving for a grounder at second base on Saturday and is listed as day-to-day.
Elsewhere, Colorado starter Denny Neagle's nagging elbow injury flared up during his start against San Francisco on Sunday, forcing him out of the game after only four innings.
The left-hander has inflammation in the elbow on his throwing arm, and manager Clint Hurdle said it could mean he spends some time on the disabled list.
Neagle spent the first 71 games on the disabled list with stiffness in his left elbow.
"I don't know if it's the same kind of injury or not," Neagle said. "I've been battling it since spring training. I felt it in the third or fourth inning and I was stupid enough to think I could pitch through it. I shouldn't have gone back out there. I had no idea where the ball was going those last couple of innings."
Neagle allowed seven runs and seven hits, striking out two and walking four in Sunday's 8-4 loss, the Rockies' seventh straight road defeat.
Neagle is 2-4 with a 7.90 ERA in seven starts this season.