Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier was placed on the 15-day DL Wednesday with a strained left oblique.
"We just thought it was the wise decision at this point," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "The best-case scenario was getting to be Friday and we have a day game on Saturday and Sunday, which you wouldn't ask him to do after coming off this, so it didn't seem to make any sense."
Dodgers Place Ethier On DL, Activate Ellis