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Kershaw will have MRI after back tightens in return

LOS ANGELES_Clayton Kershaw's highly anticipated return to the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation may be more of a cameo appearance.

The ace left Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies after throwing 62 pitches over five ho-hum but effective innings because of tightness in his troublesome lower back, an injury that further clouds the future of one of baseball's best pitchers and the playoff hopes of the team that employs him.

Kershaw, who sat out the past month because of biceps tendinitis, did not fly with the

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