MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers could return from his left oblique strain as soon as next week, but the team will be without Connor Norby for the foreseeable future after the third baseman went on the injured list Friday with a left quad strain.

Stowers has been sidelined with the injury since Aug. 17. The All-Star was scheduled for a rehab outing with Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday night as a designated hitter and will play in the outfield on Saturday.

If those outings go well, manager Clayton McCullough said Stowers will return to Miami on Sunday and be activated early next week.

Norby said he felt tightness in his left quad rounding first base after a double late in Wednesday’s loss at Washington and was taken out of the game.

It is Norby’s third trip to the in

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