Three teams lose top pitchers

Kluber, Hamels, Syndergaard may miss plenty of time.

The Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and New York Mets could be without their injured aces for some time.

The Indians put Corey Kluber on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday with a lower back strain, meaning the right-hander will miss at least his next turn in the rotation. Kluber, 31, was removed from Tuesday night’s start at Detroit after three innings because of back discomfort. Kluber is 3-2 with a 5.06 ERA in six starts this season and has allowed at least five runs in three of his six starts.

T h e Ra n ge r s s a i d l e f t - h a n d e r C o l e H a m e l s i s e x p e c t e d t o mi s s e i g h t weeks because of a strained right oblique. The Rangers put Hamels on the 10-day di sabled li st Wednesday. Hamels, 33, was scratched from hi s scheduled st ar t s h o r t l y b e f o r e T u e s d a y night’s game at Houston. He said he felt discomfort in his right side while warming up. The four-time All-Star is 2-0 with a 3.03 ERA in five starts this season.

Mets ace Noah Syndergaard, 24, is headed to Los Angeles this week to seek a second opinion on his torn lat muscle. Initial estimates of Syndergaard’s absence is reported to be about three months.

Marlins: Right-hander Edinson Volquez was placed on the 10-day disabled list wi t h a r i g ht t humb b l i s - ter, and right-hander Nick Wittgren was recalled from T r i p l e - A N e w O r l e a n s . Volquez is 0-4 with a 4.71 ERA in six starts this season.

Athletics: Reliever Sean Doolittle was put on the 10-day disabled list with a strain of the left shoulder that has troubled him for three seasons. The left-hander, 30, has a 3.52 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 7⅔ innings over nine appearances this season.

Rockies: Catcher Tony Wolters sustained a concussion in the seventh inning Tuesday when he was hit on the helmet on pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez’s backswing. Wolters left a few pitches later.

Cardinals: Police said they were investigating after a woman attending Tuesday’s game was grazed in the arm by a stray bullet that apparently originated outside Busch Stadium. The victim, 34, was inside the ballpark when she felt pain in her arm. She went to a first-aid station for treatment and a bullet was later found near her seat. She had an abrasion on an elbow.

The victim could not be reached for comment. Her mother told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the victim had retained an attorney and they had been advised not to speak to the media.

Orioles: Baltimore turned its 13th triple play and first since Sept. 1, 2000, on Tuesday night at Boston. With Mitch Moreland on second and Dustin Pedroia on first in the eighth inning, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a pop-up and shortstop J. J Hardy called for the ball, but it dropped behind him in shallow left field.

The infield fly rule wasn’t called, and Hardy picked up the ball and threw to second, where Jonathan Schoop tagged Moreland and stepped on the base to force Pedroia. Schoop then threw to first to retire Bradley, who had peeled off and headed back to the dugout.