DeWitt sidelined by lower-back pain

 
Dodgers third baseman Blake DeWitt, who tweaked his back the night before, was a game-time scratch for Thursday's series finale with the Brewers. [link]

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The Official Site of The Los Angeles Dodgers: News: DeWitt sidelined by lower-back pain

MILWAUKEE -- Dodgers third baseman Blake DeWitt, who tweaked his back the night before, was a game-time scratch for Thursday's series finale with the Brewers. DeWitt suffered the injury in the bottom of the fifth inning Wednesday night when he ...
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