Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw lands on injured list after leaving Thursday’s game with lower back pain

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was placed on the injured list Friday with a lower back injury.

Kershaw left Thursday’s game against the San Francisco Giants while he was warming up prior to the fifth inning. Right before he left the game, he was seen telling trainers, “My back.”

Kershaw, 34, has been hampered by injuries over the last several years. He has not made 30 starts since the 2015 season. 

This is now his 11th career IL stint, all of which have come since 2014, and it’s his second this year. Both IL stints have been due to back…