Heart issue lands Dodgers closer on DL
Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen was placed on the 10-day disabled list because of an irregular heartbeat. Jansen didn’t feel right before the game Thursday against Colorado and was taken to a Denver hospital for tests. The team sent him back to Los Angeles for more evaluation.
The 30-year-old righthander dealt with an irregular heartbeat in 2011 that landed him on the DL. He underwent a procedure on his heart in October 2012 to return it to normal rhythm.
Jansen is tied for the NL lead with 32 saves.
Phillies-Marlins: NL East-leading Philadelphia acquired first baseman Justin Bour from Miami for a minor league player. Bour is batting .227 with 19 homers and 54 RBIs. He’s expected to be a pinch-hitter in Philadelphia where Carlos Santana is the starting first baseman in the first year of a $60 million, three-year contract. Single-A left-handed pitcher McKenzie Mills goes to Miami and the Phillies also received cash in the deal.
Angels: Mike Trout has landed on the disabled list with an inflamed right wrist, something Los Angeles had hoped to avoid. The move announced Friday is retroactive to Monday, when Trout received a cortisone injection in his wrist. The two-time AL MVP has missed seven consecutive games, the second-longest injury absence of his big league career.
Mariners: Former ace Felix Hernandez has lost his spot in the rotation in the wake of his latest terrible start in a season filled with struggles. The righthander, who threw a perfect game in 2012, will pitch out of the bullpen for the first time in his career. He’s having the worst season of a 14-year career as the Mariners chase their first playoff berth since 2001. Hernandez has a career-high 5.73 ERA this season and is 0-4 in his last five starts, capped by a clunker against the Rangers on Tuesday when he allowed a career-high 11 runs — seven earned — in six innings.
Orioles: The reshaping of the club took another significant turn when longtime center fielder Adam Jones was moved to right field to make room for rookie Cedric Mullins. Jones has started in center for Baltimore since his arrival in 2008. The 33-yearold played well enough this year, but the last-place Orioles are ready to try someone younger and faster in the middle of the outfield.
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College football: Former Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley is declining to say what, if anything, coach Urban Meyer told him about Zach Smith’s domestic violence arrest in 2009. Meyer was placed on paid leave last week by Ohio State amid questions about what he knew and did about accusations of abuse made against Smith. The former Buckeyes assistant coach was fired July 24 after his ex-wife sought a restraining order against him. The couple divorced in 2016. The Associated Press asked the Gators to provide details regarding how Meyer and his bosses handled Smith’s arrest nearly a decade ago, but Foley declined to comment Friday through a university spokesman. Foley is Florida’s emeritus AD.
NASCAR: Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch swept the front row in qualifying at Michigan International Speedway. Kevin Harvick, neck-and-neck with Busch all season, was right behind in third. Hamlin went 202.794 mph in Friday’s session to win a pole for the second consecutive week. The JGR veteran is winless this season while teammate Busch has six victories and Erik Jones has one. Busch made it an all-Toyota front row for Sunday’s race with a lap at 202.731 mph.