Vladimir Guerrero was removed from Thursday’s lineup when he experienced an arm injury during batting practice. Guerrero, who had been bothered by a sore triceps muscle in recent days according to manager Mike Scioscia, aggravated that injury while swinging a bat. The injury is not expected to be serious and Guerrero should be back in the lineup at some point during this weekend’s series against the Cleveland Indians. Precautionary X-rays were negative. The late scratch caused a number of lineup changes. Here is the new lineup without Vlad.

Matthews CF
Cabrera SS
Anderson LF
Morales DH
Izturis 3B
Kotchman 1B
Kendrick 2B
Mathis C
Willits RF

Here was the lineup before Guerrero came out:

Matthews CF
Cabrera SS
Guerrero RF
Anderson LF
Izturis SS
Morales DH
Kotchman 3B
Kendrick 2B
Mathis C