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All of his soreness is muscular. He's had significant spasms.

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[As planned, OF Larry Walker got a cortisone shot for the herniated disc in his neck - his fourth shot this season. Walker is expected to be back in the lineup on Tuesday. Walker missed 26 games because of the neck problem before returning on Aug. 20. ... With his fourth strikeout, Morris passed Jesse Haines and moved into fourth on the team's career list. ... Molina is 8-for-11 with runners in scoring position in September. ... Reds 1B Sean Casey is still sidelined by a concussion suffered last Friday in a collision at first base.] He is from time to time with physical activity getting some dizziness and loss of balance, ... He has yet to perform any baseball activity.

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It went well. The hitters said he had better velocity and good movement on all his pitches.

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He said he felt good, a little fatigued at the end.

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We are in no way, shape or form worried about this at all. We think that it's completely resolved itself.

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He's doing better. He got here early today for treatment, he ran on the track, said he felt good. He just has a little bit of palpable soreness, really doesn't have any evident swelling. We're going to progress him over the course of the weekend in regards to his running and just take it day-by-day, see how he feels.

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Obviously he would have to have a pinch-runner. I think [the pinch-hitting] would have to be in an emergency situation.

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He really didn't feel like he was getting loose to where he needed to be to throw live BP, so we just backed him down. He had (a similar problem) last spring. It's something that just worked itself out with some treatment and some stretching over the course of a few days.

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We're not worried about it. We're just going to skip him for one start and try and calm it down.

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If he's not quite there as far as having full extension of the finger, he may wear a splint for another week. After that, he will begin throwing.

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