Kenley Jansen

Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen spent Tuesday night and all day Wednesday in a hospital getting checked for an irregular heartbeat, one day after closing out a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies .The 23-year-old right-hander mentioned to trainer Stan Conte after the game that he was feeling a skipped heartbeat in his chest after retiring the side in order on seven pitches in his first ninth-inning save opportunity since May 23.Jansen was used in that situation because regular closer Javy Guerra had pitched three days in a row.The 6-foot-5, 257-pound Jansen, converted from a catcher to a pitcher in the minor leagues a couple of years ago, was driven to nearby White Memorial Medical Center by assistant trainer Todd Tomczyk."It was not an emergency situation, but it was something that had to be looked at right away," Conte said. "Anytime you have an irregular heartbeat, we take it pretty seriously. So we weren't going to let him go home until we knew what was going on."We will go throug...

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