CINCINNATI -- Thoughts on which role rookie pitcher Chase Burns will have down the stretch this season with the Reds will be on hold for a little while. Burns was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a right flexor strain.

Lefty reliever Joe La Sorsa was recalled from Triple-A Louisville.

It's not immediately known the extent of Burns' injury or how much time he might have to miss.

Burns, 22, is 0-3 with a 5.24 ERA in eight big league starts during his first professional baseball season. The right-hander last pitched on Aug. 8 vs. the Pirates and got a no-decision during a 3-2 Cincinnati loss to the Pirates. Over six innings, he allowed one earned run and three hits with one walk and 10 strikeouts.

In four of his past five starts (the one exception being the rain-shortene

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