OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Coco Crisp is back with the Oakland Athletics after his second stint on the disabled list — and he hopes it’s to stay this time.
Crisp was activated Tuesday and inserted into the starting lineup for the middle game of an interleague series with the Cincinnati Reds. He was playing center field and batting leadoff.
Crisp had missed all but two games this season after beginning his first year with Oakland on the DL with a broken left pinkie finger. He returned briefly and was sidelined again with a strained rib cage.
Crisp, who signed a $5.25 million, one-year contract over the winter, hit .591 in a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento.
Rajai Davis had been filling in for Crisp but wasn’t in the lineup Tuesday.
