Baseball Cleveland Indians -- Put OF Alex Cole (strained abdominal muscle; .309 in 55 AB) on 15-day DL. Called up P Efrain Valdez (2-0, 3.57 ERA in 9 games) from Class AAA Colorado Springs.

Houston Astros -- Placed 2B Mark McLemore (.148 in 61 AB) on 15-day DL, retroactive to Thursday. Recalled OF Gerald Young from Class AAA Tucson.

Los Angeles Dodgers -- Placed SS Alfredo Griffin (.228 in 24 games; injured big toe on left foot moving furniture) on 15-day DL. Recalled SS Jose Offerman (.375 in 20 games) from Class AAA Albuquerque.