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Austin Hays came off the injured list on Friday and was the DH to start the series against the San Diego Padres.
The Reds placed Jake Fraley on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right shoulder.
Hays is returning from his third trip to the injured list with a left foot contusion. He fouled a pitch off it in Kansas City on May 28.
The Reds were 14-10 in the 24 games he missed. Altogether this season, Hays missed 66 games in which the Reds record was 34-32.
"I feel good about where I'm at. Running was holding us back. That was the hump we were trying to get over," Hays said. "It didn't go as quick as we wanted it to. We got to the point where we shut it down for a few days. It was the right decision at the time. I was trying to push it hard early on. I was hitting well and I tried to force the issue. I was supposed to come back in Cleveland (June 9)."
Hays was in the lineup batting cleanup against Dylan Cease.
"Brad and I talked to Fraley the other day," Terry Francona said. "He said it's hurting. We encourage you to send the pictures to a doctor that you have the most confidence in. It is not going to work if he's worried about it."
"We missed Hays," Francona said. "He will lengthen out our lineup. He saw the ball real good the first time he came back but it is kind of a coin flip. We got a leader back. We're not going to run him into the ground here."
Noelvi Marte is on rehab with Louisville. He will play nine innings on Friday and Saturday. He will DH on Sunday. As he nears the end of his rehab it is "manager's discretion." He may remain in Louisville for awhile.
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