Burns back in action; Vogt could return soon
HOUSTON -- Finally free of the tightness in his right hamstring, Billy Burns returned to action in Friday's 4-3 series-opening win over the Astros.
Burns, who hadn't played in the first seven games of the current 10-game road trip, went through his full complement of pregame work before pinch-hitting for Max Muncy in the seventh inning. He lined out in that at-bat but poked a single in the eighth to end Houston reliever Pat Neshek's evening.
Meanwhile, catcher Stephen Vogt, who sustained a groin injury behind the plate on Sept. 5, went through a full pregame workout on Friday for the first time since his injury.
Vogt took batting practice on Tuesday but didn't participate in pregame field work.
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