LOS ANGELES -- Back in the lineup barely a week,
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Turner said the extended recovery was necessary because he actually had two hamstring injuries. The original one was the result of being hit on the back of the left leg by a Kyle Freeland pitch six days earlier. Turner is a record-breaking bull’s-eye when it comes to getting drilled, but this one was different.\n\n“It was one of the better bruises I’ve had,” Turner said of the drilling. “It started draining to the back of my knee, and it started draining down to my calf. I was coming back from that, then also the tweak to the hammy, as well. I think I actually recovered faster from the tweak in the hammy than I did from the bruising in the back of the hammy and knee.”\n\nTurner returned to the lineup Sept. 15 and spent his first five games back as the designated hitter. He sat Tuesday night after feeling some stiffness and has played third base since Wednesday night. He’s 12-for-28 (.429) in eight games since returning from the injured list.\n\nIt was on defense Friday night that Turner suffered another bruise when the base of his left thumb took the brunt of Albert Pujols’ 107.8 mph ground smash leading off the second inning. In his next two at-bats, Turner homered.
Managing the workload, Dave Roberts replaced Turner at third base with