Langston Goes on Disabled List

If at first your Abbott doesn’t succeed, try, try another. That’s what the Angels will do today when they recall Kyle Abbott, not recently demoted Jim Abbott, to replace Mark Langston, who was put on the 15-day disabled list Thursday because of a strained right knee.

Langston, who was on the disabled list only twice in 12 previous major league seasons but has now been on it three times this season, re-injured his surgically repaired knee while playing with his daughter in his swimming pool Sunday night.

Kyle Abbott, a first-round pick (ninth overall) of the Angels in 1989, was 3-5 with a 5.15 earned-run average at double-A Midland in the Texas League. The left-hander began the season in Japan but returned in late May and signed a minor league contract with the Angels. He will be primarily used in relief.