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TORONTO -- Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Kyle Drabek could be facing surgery on his right elbow after being put on the 15-day disabled list on Friday. Michael Jenkins Jersey . An MRI showed that Drabek had a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow and he will see Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham. Ala., on Monday to confirm the diagnosis. Drabek came of out his start in the fifth inning on Wednesday when he said he felt a popping sensation at the back of the elbow. In putting Drabek on the DL on Friday, the Blue Jays called up left-hander Brett Cecil from triple-A Las Vegas to start on Sunday against Philadelphia. "We had MRIs done here that did show a tear of his UCL," Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said before Fridays game against Philadelphia. "Were going to send him to Dr. James Andrews to be 100 per cent sure." It would be a second surgery for Drabek, who had Tommy John surgery in 2007 as a minor-leaguer. "In talking with him a couple of times, he was down," manager John Farrell said. "Whats unique about this one is that even when he felt the sensation on the mound, afterwards he had good strength and he has good range of motion in here today with little discomfort at all. "So the need for a second opinion was there but as a pitcher and what he went through (with the first surgery), its natural to assume the worst and that had him dejected." Anthopoulos said players who have had the elbow surgery twice in their careers have a good recovery rate, including Blue Jays reliever Jason Frasor. "I talked to Jason Frasor about it and he had it twice and hes never been on the DL since," Anthopoulos said. Toronto has lost two pitchers from the starting rotation this week. Right-hander Brandon Morrow is on the disabled list with a strained left oblique after coming out of his start on Monday in the first inning. "Its always tough," Anthopoulos said. "You realize it can happen. No one is going to feel sorry for you, weve seen injuries across the game. They finally hit us in the middle of June but hopefully we have some guys who come up and do a good job for us. "Theres no question, you lose two of your starters, its not a good thing. You cant overreact. Were still going to try and make a run at it." Drabek is 4-7 with a 4.67 earned-run average in 13 starts this season. Cecil began the season with double-A New Hampshire where he was 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA in nine starts. He experienced groin tightness in his third start on April 19 and returned to the Fisher Cats rotation on May 9. He pitched 6 2/3 innings to get the win for triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday, allowing 11 hits and three runs in 6 2/3 innings. Cecil was sent to the minors at the end of spring training. "I think hes in a great place right now," Anthopoulos said about his progress this season "He understood going down that he had to get himself right and it sounds as though he did get himself right." Cecil has picked up velocity on his fastball during his minor-league stint and its now over what it was in spring training. "I think in spring training it wasnt velocity as much as command," Anthopoulos said. "He wasnt commanding the ball the way he has in the past. Hes always got a plus change-up, he throws strikes, thats one thing hes always done. When hes not throwing strikes he isnt the same guy." Antoine Winfield Jersey . But that was before the shenanigans in the ninth inning. Sunday afternoon in front of 6,149 fans at Shaw Park, the Winnipeg Goldeyes beat the Gary SouthShore RailCats 6-5 in a thriller. Josh Robinson Jersey . His main motivation was simply to win another game for the Washington Capitals. And that is precisely what he did. http://www.minnesotavikingsroom.com/harrison-smith-jersey . -- All that Sporting Kansas City needed Wednesday night was a draw against the Philadelphia Union to wrap up its second consecutive Eastern Conference regular-season title. Charlie Johnson Jersey . Ryan Braun hit his NL-leading 37th home run, pitcher Yovani Gallardo also connected and the Brewers won 12-8 Sunday, sending the Pirates to their 10th loss in 13 games. John Randle Jersey . With Jeremy Lin heading for knee surgery and joining Amare Stoudemire on the injured list, that will only happen if someone steps up to be the No. CHESTER, Pa. -- Lionard Pajoy scored in the 67th minute to lead D.C. United to a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union on Thursday night. D.C. (14-10-5) moved into fourth place in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of Houston and two ahead of Columbus. Philadelphia (7-14-6) remained ninth in the East, one point behind New England. The Unions stretched their winless streak to eight matches, falling to 0-44-4 since beating the Revolution 2-1 on July 29 -- and have scored just four goals in that span. Percy Harvin Youth Jersey. United scored after Chris Pontius approached the box and drew Union goalie Zac MacMath out of the goal. Pontius passed it to Pajoy, who stopped the ball and sent it into the wide-open net for his seventh goal of the season -- and second since being traded from Philadelphia to D.C. on Aug. 16. ' ' '