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Wednesday lineups: Dodgers scratch Mat Latos, start Joe Wieland vs. Angels

/ STAFF WRITER

Mat Latos was scratched from his start Wednesday with stiffness in his neck.

ANAHEIM -- Dodgers right-hander Mat Latos has been scratched from his scheduled start in the series finale against the Angels.

Latos (who has failed to complete five innings in any of his past four starts) was bothered by neck stiffness. Right-hander Joe Wieland will start tonight instead.

"For me, it came out of the nowhere," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "It wasn't until yesterday during the game or right before it that I heard about it, that he had a stiff neck and they were sending him back to the hotel or wherever he's staying.