"The Indians got tired of waiting for Travis Hafner's sore right shoulder to come around and placed him on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Thursday.

''Travis is back in Cleveland,'' head trainer Lonnie Soloff said. ''We're still evaluating him. It's the same shoulder [on which he had surgery], but I would not classify it as the same injury.''

Hafner was scheduled to undergo an MRI.

Soloff said that the treatment Hafner was receiving over the past five days — ice, anti-inflammatory drugs — was having an impact.

''Travis was still feeling some soreness,'' manager Manny Acta said. ''If he had stayed here, it wouldn't be the most comfortable situation, playing every other day or once every three days. When he comes back, we expect him to be able to play three days in a row, and I don't anticipate that he'll be out for long.''"