HOUSTON — Just as the Houston Astros approach optimal health for the first time in two months Travis Wood Jersey , the Oakland Athletics received on Tuesday a double dose of troubling news related to injuries.Left-hander Brett Anderson, shelled for five runs over 2 2/3 innings on Monday against the Astros, returned to Oakland to undergo tests after experiencing forearm discomfort during the appearance.Anderson struggled to throw his breaking ball and recorded zero swings and misses on his 16 sliders. He had allowed just two earned runs over four August starts prior to suffering the loss, and was placed on the 10-day disabled list for the second time in 2018.Article continues below ...Additionally, ace left-hander Sean Manaea was, following further examination, diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis after initially being placed on the DL over the weekend with a left shoulder impingement. Manaea, who far and away leads the Athletics with 160 2/3 innings pitched, has been shut down with no immediate timetable for his return. Right-handers Daniel Mengden and Frankie Montas will replace Anderson and Manaea in the rotation, with Montas slated to start on Thursday and Mengden on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners.Oakland starting pitchers have now combined for 11 stints on the DL.“Obviously not ideal to lose two more starters this late in the season but again, like it has all season for us, gives somebody else an opportunity,” Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. “Mengden and Montas have both done a good job for us over the course of the season and they’ll be the next two guys up.“We’ve kind of had waves as the season’s went along starting in spring training. With Sean being the only guy that was in the rotation the entire season, that one’s probably a little more difficult, not that any of them aren’t difficult. But to lose your guy who’s been the ace of your staff for the better part of the season, that one’s a little tougher to digest. But again, it’s what we have to deal with and we move forward.”Oakland evened the three-game series with a 4-3 win Tuesday night.Right-hander Trevor Cahill (5-2, 3.44 ERA) will start the rubber match Wednesday for the Athletics (80-53). For Cahill http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , it will mark his 300th career appearance. He is 1-3 with a 6.92 ERA over eight road starts this season and is 2-1 with a 4.13 ERA over five career appearances (four starts) against Houston. Cahill is 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA over three starts against the Astros this season.Left-hander Dallas Keuchel (10-10, 3.54 ERA) starts on Wednesday for Houston (81-51). He is 6-6 with a 2.99 ERA in his career against Oakland, 1-2 with a 5.23 ERA over three starts in 2018.When Astros right-hander Charlie Morton completed his outing in Tuesday’s loss with 89 pitches on his ledger, it marked the fifth time in as many starts this month that he tossed fewer than 100 pitches. In fact, of the 20 combined starts from Justin Verlander, Dallas Keuchel, Gerrit Cole and Morton in August, that quartet has totaled five 100-pitch outings. All four are averaging fewer than 100 pitches per start this month.“I think my mindset is to go with the starter as long as he’s effective, as long as we feel like he’s the best option at the current time,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “Our bullpen, as deep as it’s gotten, has created some earlier opportunities for me to get guys off the field in the early- to mid-90s. But I’m always mindful.” CLEVELAND — Trevor Bauer will take the mound Friday night for the first time in more than a month as the Cleveland Indians host the Boston Red Sox in the first contest of a three-game series at Progressive Field.Both teams have clinched their respective divisions, but the game is still important for both, considering the starting pitchers: Bauer and Boston’s Chris Sale. They were leading candidates for the Cy Young Award when they went on the disabled list, almost simultaneously, six weeks ago.Bauer’s last start was Aug 11, when he was hit in the right leg and suffered a stress fracture of his fibula. Sale started the next day before being placed on the disabled list with left shoulder inflammation.Article continues below ...Friday night will be Sale’s third start since he was activated off the DL. Indians manager Terry Francona said Bauer will pitch “a couple” innings, and then be relieved by Shane Bieber. The Indians’ plan Jose Iglesias Jersey , if Bauer has no setbacks, is for him to start three of their 10 remaining games.“To give him a chance to start (in the postseason), we felt he needed to have three outings, and this was the way to do it,” Francona said.Bauer will pitch Friday, Tuesday and Sept. 30, the last game of the regular season.The hope is that Bauer will progress enough in the three starts so that he can be used as a starter in the postseason. If not, they haven’t ruled out using him as a reliever.“He gave himself a chance (to be a starter in the postseason),” Francona said, “by the way he attacked his rehab.”Prior to his injury, Bauer (12-6, 2.22 ERA) was having a career year. He hasn’t lost a game since June 29. In eight starts since he is 5-0 with a 1.72 ERA, while striking out 66 batters in 52 1/3 innings, and holding opposing hitters to a .199 batting average.In his last start, which he left after 6 1/3 innings after getting hit in the leg by a line drive off the bat of White Sox slugger Jose Abreu, Bauer gave up one run and two hits, with eight strikeouts and no walks.Friday will be Bauer’s first start against Boston this year. The last time he faced the Red Sox was a 13-6 win on Aug. 24, 2017 Denny McLain Jersey , when he pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits, with three walks and eight strikeouts.In two starts against Boston last year, Bauer was 2-0 with a 5.25 ERA, having allowed seven runs and 14 hits, including four home runs, in 12 innings. In five career appearances (four starts) against Boston, Bauer is 2-2 with an 8.24 ERA.Sale has likewise struggled against Cleveland historically. In 29 career appearances (18 starts) against the Indians, he is 5-8 with a 4.78 ERA. The only team that has beaten Sale more times than the Indians is Kansas City, against whom Sale is 11-10.In 25 starts this year, the same number as Bauer, Sale is 12-4 with a 1.92 ERA. In two starts since coming off the DL Sale has pitched four scoreless innings on two hits, with three strikeouts and no walks.His last start against Cleveland was opposite Bauer on Aug. 24, 2017, when he pitched three innings, allowing seven runs and seven hits, with three strikeouts and three walks