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Braun exits vs. Red Sox with left calf tightness

MILWAUKEE -- A game and a half into his return from a weeklong absence for an arm injury, Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun found himself back on the bench, this time with a tight left calf.

Braun, who appeared to be limping as he took the field to start the fifth inning, was slow moving down the baseline on a single in the bottom half of the inning and was replaced by pinch-runner Jonathan Villar.

Braun's hit was part of a go-ahead, four-run inning that put Milwaukee ahead, 6-2.

Braun was productive in April, with a .