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Mets' Putz has 'sharp pain' in elbow (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

New York Mets reliever J.J. Putz will leave the team and return to New York to be examined by team doctors Friday after experiencing "sharp pain" in his right elbow while pitching in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Putz, acquired in an offseason trade with Seattle to be a dominant eighth-inning presence, has given up eight runs and nine hits in a combined 1 1-3 innings...