Marlins send RHP Eury Perez to Double-A Pensacola

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The Miami Marlins optioned right-hander Eury Perez to Double-A Pensacola on Friday, a move designed to limit the 20-year-old's workload.

Perez is 5-3 with a 2.36 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 53 1/3 innings over 11 starts. He has lost his last two starts, including one in which he gave up six runs and seven hits in one-third of an inning against the Atlanta Braves on July 1.

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