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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Chris Davis had a career year in 2013 with 53 homers and a 1.004 OPS. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Orioles first baseman Chris Davis hit nine home runs last April en route to a league-high 53.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But he is well behind that pace this season, with only two homers, and just last weekend the 28-year-old\u00A0had to go on the disabled list with a strained left oblique.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In an attempt to hasten his return to baseball activities, Davis got two platelet-rich-plasma injections in the injured area on Monday, Dan Connolly of &lt;em&gt;The Baltimore Sun&lt;/em&gt; reported Tuesday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda out 3-4 weeks with muscle strain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThey drew my blood and injected the platelets from my blood into my oblique because it is supposed to speed up the healing process,\u201D said Davis, who had never dealt with an oblique injury before.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Davis is eligible to come off the disabled list on May 11 but there is no timetable for his return, Connolly reports, and manager Buck Showalter said Davis will likely miss more than the minimum 15 days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt\u2019s the same as it was a few days ago. We have to wait,\u201D said Davis, who will travel\u00A0with the team for its upcoming road trip to Minnesota and Tampa Bay. \u201CIt was pretty sore today, so we\u2019ll wait a couple days to see how I feel, and then continue getting treatment, and hopefully it won\u2019t be too long.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Davis\u00A0has 132 career home runs in seven big league seasons, with 53 coming last year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Baltimore (12-12) is two games behind the Yankees for first place in the AL East.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: A's pitcher A.J. Griffin needs Tommy John surgery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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