The Washington Nationals placed first baseman Ryan Zimmerman on the injured list Monday with plantar fasciitis in his right foot a day after he left a game against the Atlanta Braves.

Zimmerman, who missed 53 games with plantar fasciitis in the same foot earlier this season, showed obvious discomfort while running down the line Sunday night following an infield single in the second inning.

He had an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of the injury.

"Same foot, same sort of thing,'' Zimmerman said after the Nationals' 7-1 loss on Sunday.

Zimmerman, 34, is batting .246 with three home runs and 15 RBIs in 33 games.

The Nationals called up right-hander Michael Blazek and outfielder Andrew Stevenson from Triple A-Fresno, sent right-hander Kyle McGowin to Double-A Harrisburg and moved right-hander Justin Miller to the 60-day injured list with a rotator cuff strain.

Stevenson hit .250 in nine appearances for the Nationals earlier this season. Blazek last appeared in the majors in 2017 with the Milwaukee Brewers.

McGowin had a 9.69 ERA in five games (one start) for the Nationals this season.

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates have suspended reliever Keone Kela two games for an unspecified violation of his contract.

The team made the announcement on Monday shortly before opening a four-game series with St. Louis. The suspension came after the team activated Kela from the 60-day injured list. Kela went on the injured list on May 6 with right shoulder discomfort. He completed a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis over the weekend, allowing five runs in 3 1/3 innings across four appearances with the Indians.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said over the weekend the team anticipated getting Kela -- acquired in a deal with the Texas Rangers at last year's trade deadline -- back in the bullpen on Monday. Hurdle, however, demurred on Monday when asked about Kela's availability, saying only that the team was still in the process of evaluating Kela's status.

Kela is 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA in 14 games with the Pirates this season.

After hitting a walk-off home run against the Blue Jays to snap a six-game losing streak, Tigers outfielder Nicholas Castellanos took issue with how many homers he's missed out on due to playing at Comerica Park.

"This park's a joke. It's to the point where, how are we going to be compared to the rest of the people in the league for power numbers, OPS, slugging and all this stuff when we got a yard out here that's 420 feet straight across in center field?" Castellanos said after Sunday's game.

The 372-foot home run (hit to left field) in the bottom of the 10th to give the Tigers just their 13th win at home this season was Castellanos' 11th of the season.

He led the majors in triples in 2017 and leads MLB in doubles with 34 this season, a fact he owes to Comerica's cavernous center field.

"We get on second base or third base, and they're looking, like, 'Man, how do you guys do this?' We play 81 games here. I don't want to hear about your two that you hit that are questionable," said Castellanos, who is slashing .284/.342/.480 this year.

"Move in center field, right center, there is no reason that I hit a ball 434 off [Washington Nationals right-hander] Anibal Sanchez and it goes in the first row, that shouldn't happen."

Castellanos, 27, is also a candidate to be dealt as the July 31 trade deadline approaches, but he said he isn't preoccupied with the speculation.

"I'm at the point where I really don't care what happens. Why care? I can't control it. Why care if one day my hair is going to turn gray if I can't control it? I don't know if that analogy makes any sense, but it popped into my head."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

SPEED SPORT has been reporting on and covering motorsports happenings from all over the world for 85 years, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in the archives to see what happened 10, 25 and 50 years ago each week.

So check out what SPEED SPORT was covering 10, 25 and 50 years ago this week in Looking Back!

10 Years Ago (July 22, 2009): After seven races and 600 laps worth of competition, the battle for the Indiana Sprint Week title came down to a battle between Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson. In the end it was Jones who hoisted the trophy, besting a determined drive from Clauson to win the finale at Tri-State Speedway and claim the race victory and the overall Sprint Week title by two points over Clauson.

Other Happenings: Donny Schatz held off Dale Blaney to win the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway in Ohio; Antron Brown inched closer to a sweep of the NHRA’s Western Swing with a victory at Pacific Raceways in Washington; Ryan Phelps won his first and second Super DIRTcar Series big-block modified features in consecutive days at at Cayuga County Fair Speedway, earning more than $20,000.

25 Years Ago (July 20, 1994): A record crowd at Pocono Int’l Raceway watched as Geoff Bodine drove his No. 7 Exide Ford to victory in the Miller Genuine Draft 500. Bodine, utilizing Hoosier rubber, dominated the race by leading 156 of 200 laps. He pocketed $103,720, which included the Unocal 76 Challenge bonus of $30,400. The top-four finishers were all utilizing Hoosier tires.

Other Happenings: Michael Andretti outran Bobby Rahal on the streets of Toronto; Doug Wolfgang settled his lawsuit against KSE Racing Products stemming from a crash in 1992 at Lakeside Speedway that left him severely burned and injured; Derek Lynch won the ACT True Value 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway; Les Richter was named vice president of the proposed California Speedway by Roger Penske.

50 Years Ago (July 23, 1969): With a little help from relief driver Richard Petty, David Pearson won the wreck marred Volunteer 500 at Bristol Int’l Speedway. Pearson, who was suffering from the flu, gave up the car to Petty just past the 50-mile mark. Pearson got back in the car just before halfway and proceeded to win the race by three laps over Bobby Isaac. The victory pushed Pearson’s season-long winnings above the $100,000 mark.

Other Happenings: Mario Andretti earned his fifth victory of the season in the STP Oil Treatment Hawk Ford after winning the Trenton 200 USAC National Championship race at Trenton Speedway; American Raceawys Inc. announced that plans were moving forward for a $7 million racing facility to be known as Eastern Int’l Speedway in Burlington County, N.J.; Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina Motor Speedway, Darlington Int’l Raceway and Bristol Int’l Raceway announced plans for a merger.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Officials from the CARS Tour have revealed the list of luminaries that will be on hand during the third edition of the Throwback 276 presented by Baker Distributing at Hickory Motor Speedway on Aug. 3.

Fans will have the opportunity meet with six motorsports legends during the on track fan fest autograph session, which begins at 6 p.m. They included Ernie Irvan, Dave Marcis, Brett Bodine, Dennis Setzer, Billy Hess and Tommy Houston.

In addition, the drivers from the super late model and late model stock divisions, will be on hand to sign autographs as well. Once the autograph session is complete, fans will be treated to stories from the past with the “Lookback with the Legends” sessions as the group reflects on the sports history with announcer Tony Stevens.

Irvan is a veteran of 313 NASCAR Cup Series starts with 15 series victories, including the 1991 Daytona 500. Irvan made four starts at Hickory Motor Speedway in his career, all in NASCAR Xfinity Series competition from 1991 to 1993.

Bodine, a member of the famous Bodine racing family, made 480 NASCAR Cup Series starts during his career. He earned one victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1990. He also earned five NASCAR Xfinity Series victories in his career. He made seven starts at Hickory Motor Speedway in Xfinity Series competition.

Marcis competed in 883 NASCAR Cup Series starts, earning five victories during his lengthy career. The Wisconsin native, famous for his Goodyear hat and wingtip shoes, made eight starts at Hickory Motor Speedway during his career.

Setzer, a local native, raced in all three of NASCAR’s National divisions. He enjoyed success in the Xfinity Series, winning twice, and in the Truck Series, where he won 18 times. He won the track championship at Hickory in 1983 and 1993.

Originally from Miami, Fla., Hess is both driver and chassis builder. He won the 1980 Limited Sportsman track champion at New Asheville Speedway as a driver. He later became a chassis builder, building roughly 300 Hooters Pro Cup Series cars for drivers like Clay Rogers, Bobby Gill and Benny Gordon.

Houston, a native of Hickory, N.C., is a two-time track champion at Hickory Motor Speedway in 1975 and 1976. He later advanced to NASCAR, earning eight of his 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series victories at Hickory Motor Speedway.

STATESVILLE, N.C. — GMS Racing has announced that Jeff Stankiewicz will assume the crew chief duties for the No. 2 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet piloted by Sheldon Creed in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.

Stankiewicz, who replaces Doug Randolph as Creed’s crew chief, worked with Creed last year and the pairing captured the ARCA Racing Series championship together at MDM Motorsports.

Last season Creed won four races and earned 11 top-five finishes, 12 top-10 finishes and three poles with Stankiewicz atop the pit box en route to the ARCA championship. Stankiewicz was previously with GMS Racing from 2015 to 2017.

With three races remaining before the Truck Series playoffs begin, the driver and crew chief are hoping to revisit their previous success.

“I’m super excited to work with Jeff again,” Creed said. “We had a lot of success last year and always seemed to be on the same page. We got along great and I’m pumped to see what we can do the rest of the season together.”

“I’m happy to be back at GMS and back with Sheldon,” Stankiewicz said. “We won quite a few races and a championship together last year, so I’m hoping we can pick up right where we left off. We’ve got three more chances to get a win to put Sheldon into the playoffs, and from there we’ll keep building on what we’ve got.”

SOMERSET, Ky. — Officials with the Schaeffer’s Oil MARS Racing Series and Windy Hollow Speedway in Owensboro, Ky., have mutually agreed to cancel the event scheduled for Aug. 2.

After consideration regarding the possibility of a low car count, track promoter Jimmy Westerfield and series promoter Chris Tilley have mutually agreed that it wouldn’t be best to have the event in 2019.

“When Jimmy and I spoke we felt it best to cancel the event. There’s just not any Super Late Models in the Owensboro area anymore and we didn’t feel that it was fair to the race fans in that area if we couldn’t get enough cars to put on a good show,” said Tilley. “Jimmy and his crew are battling weather and other variables that several other promoters have faced this season and we wish him nothing but the best and we really look forward to the opportunity of working with them in the years to come.”

The next Schaeffer’s Oil MARS Racing Series event will be Aug. 3 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, paying $10,000-to-win during the 15th annual Hall of Fame Classic.

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins and forward Zach Aston-Reese avoided arbitration on Monday, agreeing to a two-year deal that runs through the 2020-21 season.

The deal is worth $1 million annually. The two sides came together minutes before heading to arbitration.

"We were actually setting up for the meeting and kind of right before it started, right at nine o'clock, it got done," Aston-Reese said. "Right on time."

Aston-Reese, 24, posted career highs in goals (eight) and assists (nine) despite being limited to 43 games because of a hand injury. Aston-Reese -- who skated alongside Sidney Crosby on the top line but also put in work with the fourth line -- gives the Penguins more options as they try to bounce back from a first-round playoff sweep at the hands of the New York Islanders.

"Zach is a responsible player who plays a solid two-way game," general manager Jim Rutherford said. "He has a heavy style of play that is especially effective on the forecheck and penalty kill."

Aston-Reese admitted he was relieved to get a new contract ironed out before going through arbitration.

"It's a little bit awkward and I was just really happy to get the deal done before that meeting began," he said. "You hear stories of things like that and it's no coincidence that only what, 5% actually go through with the meeting. I was happy to avoid that."