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The Washington Nationals placed starting catcher Wilson Ramos back on the disabled list Thursday with a left hamstring strain, reports Bill Ladson of MLB.com.
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The move is Ramos' second stint on the DL this year, both of them coming as a result of a balky hamstring. The catcher aggravated the leg injury Wednesday night while knocking a hard single to left-center, and had to be removed from the game after hobbling to first base. Ramos later indicated that the muscle started acting up on a double earlier in the contest.
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Ramos will head back to Washington this weekend to be examined further by team doctors, and is expected to get an MRI at some point. The re-injury is a tough break for the young-ish catcher, as he missed most of 2012 with a knee injury and was really just getting back into the swing of things. Ramos is batting .250/.308/.438 with two home runs in 52 plate appearances.
Jhonatan Solano has been recalled from Triple-A to take Ramos' spot on the roster. He will likely set up shop behind Kurt Suzuki as the club's back-up catcher until Ramos can return. The 27-year-old backstop was off to a poor start at Syracuse, but is a solid .293/.326/.512 hitter in the very small sample of 15 big-league games over the last two years.
