LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Los Angeles Dodgers activated infielder Nomar Garciaparra from the disabled list Tuesday and placed center fielder Andruw Jones on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 10.
Garciaparra missed 14 games because of a strained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, which he injured while making a tag play covering third base against Washington. It was the third time he was on the DL this year, the sixth time in three seasons with the Dodgers and the 12th time in his 13-year career.
The six-time All-Star sat out the first 14 games with a fractured bone in his left hand after getting hit by a pitch in an exhibition game, and missed another 62 games from April 26 through June 30 with a left calf strain.
Garciaparra was hitting .270 with five home runs and 219 RBIs in 27 games with he went on the DL on Aug. 1 to make room on the roster for slugging left fielder Manny Ramirez, after Ramirez was reunited with his former Boston Red Sox teammate.
Jones, laboring through the worst season of his 13-year career, has soreness in his left knee. The five-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner is batting .161 in 74 games with three home runs and 14 RBIs in the first year of a $36.2 million, two-year contract. He underwent surgery May 27 to repair torn cartilage in his right knee.
“It’s been going on for a few days with him, and I told him if it doesn’t get any better, with Nomar coming back, this was probably one of the options we have. And he was OK with it,” manager Joe Torre said.
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