Clayton Kershaw scratched with hip soreness, will start Friday

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have scratched Clayton Kershaw from Wednesday's start against theOakland Athleticswith soreness in his right hip. He will be replaced by Mike Bolsinger.

The team announced that Kershaw will instead pitch Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

"It's just a little sore," Kershaw said. "We have a lot of off-days right now, so we're just pushing it back a couple days."

Kershaw is 8-6 with a 2.51 ERA this season. In his most recent start, he took a perfect game into the seventh inning Thursday against the New York Mets. He hasn't allowed a run in 29 innings, the longest active scoreless stretch in the majors after teammate Zack Greinke's run of 45 2/3 innings ended Sunday.

Also Wednesday, the Dodgers reportedly agreed to a deal with the Miami Marlins for right-hander Mat Latos and first baseman Michael Morse.

Information from ESPNLosAngeles.com's Mark Saxon was used in this report.

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