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The Minnesota Twins placed reliever Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list Saturday with a right forearm strain.

The team recalled fellow right-hander John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul in a corresponding transaction.

Sands, 28, whose designation is retroactive to Wednesday, is 1-1 with a 4.63 ERA and one save in 12 games.

Klein, 24, has yet to pitch in the majors. He is 1-1 with a 7.48 ERA in seven games (six starts) with St. Paul.

--Field Level Media