Brewers activate Ryan Braun from DL

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MILWAUKEE -- One slugger back, one slugger down for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Outfielder Ryan Braun was activated from the 15-day disabled list after being sidelined with a right oblique strain. He started Tuesday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 0 for 2 with a walk before being removed in the seventh inning. He was not expected to play all nine innings, the team said.

Third baseman Aramis Ramirez was placed on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. He got hurt fielding a bouncer in Saturday night's 5-4 win over the Yankees.

The battered Brewers lost another key player when outfielder Carlos Gomez left the Pirates game after the bottom of the fifth with lower back tightness. He was not in the team's lineup Wednesday.

Braun was hitting .318 with six homers and 18 RBIs when he got hurt. Seeing Ramirez go down didn't add any extra urgency, Braun said.

The Brewers had discussed possibly sending Braun to the minors for a rehab game Monday but weather and travel issues curtailed that plan. Instead, the slugger was back his customary No. 3 position in the batting order Tuesday.

"I think he's going to be good. He's a guy that when he sat in the past he's been pretty good right off, so I'm hoping that's what happens," manager Ron Roenicke said.


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