Dodgers place Charlie Haeger on disabled list, recall John Ely

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The Dodgers made it official Monday: Knuckleball pitcher Charlie Haeger was placed on the 15-day disabled list and rookie right-hander John Ely was recalled from triple-A Albuquerque and will start Tuesday.

The changes, disclosed in game notes the Dodgers provided ahead of Monday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, came one day after Haeger and the Dodgers had said Haeger was having a problem with his right heel. The Dodgers said Monday that he has plantar fasciitis, a swelling of tissue in the heel.

The timing of his injury was fortuitous for the Dodgers, who had been unsure which of their pitchers would start Tuesday.

Haeger survived only five batters in his last start and is 0-4 with an 8.49 earned run average. Ely, meanwhile, allowed only one earned run in 6 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers last week in only his second major-league start. But he was sent back to the minors to make room for reliever Jeff Weaver, who came off the disabled list.

Ely is scheduled to face Arizona’s Dan Haren (4-1) in the second game of the Dodgers’ three-game series with the Diamondbacks.

-- Jim Peltz in Phoenix