Dodgers give Jones day off
Published 4/9/2008 by Ken Gurnick at Major League Baseball News
Struggling center fielder Andruw Jones and his .103 batting average were benched Wednesday by Dodgers manager Joe Torre, who returned Juan Pierre to the starting lineup in left field and moved Matt Kemp to center for the game with the Diamondbacks.
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