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Maybin aiming for Tuesday return to Braves lineup

Braves center fielder Cameron Maybin, diagnosed last week with a corneal abrasion, was out of the lineup for a seventh consecutive game Saturday and said he was aiming for a Tuesday return after being examined Saturday by a Braves eye specialist.

Maybin said he was also told this week he had a rare form of EKC, or epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, an ocular surface infection.

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Cameron Maybin has been sidelined for a week by an eye infection. He hopes to return Tuesday. (Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com)

He said he had hazy vision in his left eye — but kept playing — for about four days prior to coming out of a Sept.