Guardians place catcher Hedges on IL with concu sion June 28 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink CLEVELAND (AP) Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges was placed on the 7-day injured list with a concu sion on Tuesday, forcing the team to acquire veteran Sandy Len in a trade with Cincinnati.The Guardians made the deal Patrik Puistola Women Jersey and several other roster moves before a day-night doubleheader against the AL Central leading Minnesota Twins.Hedges took a foul tip off his protective mask last weekend and was showing concu sion-like symptoms Monday despite pa sing all neurological tests. He didn't play in the series opener.He Marcus Kruger Men Jersey just wasn't himself," manager Terry Francona said.Catcher Bryan Lavastida wasn't an option because he's dealing with a hamstring injury at Triple-A Columbus, so the Guardians sent cash to the Reds and brought back Len, who played in 25 games with Cleveland in 2020.Francona said his familiarity with the team's pitching staff made him an obvious choice.Most likely this is short term, Francona said. Weve all seen things change. So we felt like getting somebody our pitchers know hopefully will be kind of seamle s. Sandy was here in spring training. He was here the year with COVID 2.0. Theres a lot of familiarity there.The well-traveled Len started Game 1 of the doubleheader.The Guardians also recalled reliever Anthony Elias Lindholm Men Jersey Castro and rookie left-hander Konnor Pilkington from Triple-A Columbus. Pilkington is starting the second game of the doubleheader.Right-hander Ian Gibaut was designated for a signment.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic American League Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball Austin Hedges Ian Gibaut Austin Hedges share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn Dougie Hamilton Men Jersey attention as it hosts the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me Pyotr Kochetkov Men Jersey si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets Nino Niederreiter Kids Jersey after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS