Brewers pitcher Sheets slated for shoulder MRI

Sheets will likely join the team at some point during their 10-game road trip.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers pitcher Ben Sheets will have an MRI on his right shoulder to evaluate whether he is making progress from the tendinitis that has plagued him.
Sheets, who was put on the disabled list May 10, retroactive to May 3, did not fly to Cincinnati with the rest of the Milwaukee Brewers after Sunday's 5-3 win over Minnesota at Miller Park.
He has played catch three times since being placed on the DL, but has not thrown from a mound.
"I've noticed a little improvement in the last couple of days," Sheets said Sunday. "Normally, with this, when I've had it in the past, there's going to be a day when there's a big jump."
Manager Ned Yost said Sheets likely would join the team at some point during their 10-game road trip.
"He's making progress, but the doctors wanted to have an MRI to see where he's at," Yost said. "It's nothing out of the ordinary."
Sheets is 1-3 with a 6.64 ERA in four starts this year.
Astros activate Burke
HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros activated outfielder Chris Burke from the disabled list on Sunday.
Burke went on the DL May 6 with a left shoulder subluxation after crashing into an outfield fence trying to catch a fly ball. In a two-game rehab stint at Triple A Round Rock this weekend, Burke went 4-for-8 with a home run and a double.
To make room for Burke on the roster, the Astros optioned Joe McEwing to Round Rock. McEwing was 0-for-6 in pinch-hit appearances since being called up May 6.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.