Braves left fielder Matt Kemp’s hamstring issues continued Friday when an injury to the right muscle forced him to leave the game against the Phillies. The Braves said Kemp suffered a strain and is day-to-day.

Kemp appeared to aggravate the hamstring in the fourth inning when he tried to stretch a hit off the wall into a double. Kemp was out at second on left fielder Aaron Altherr’s throw and clutched his right hamstring following his slide.

The Braves placed Kemp on the 10-day disabled list in April because of a right hamstring strain, and he also had multiple DL stints during the 2012 and 2013 seasons because of injuries to both hamstrings. A sore left hamstring put Kemp on the shelf for three games last month.

Kemp sat out a game June 16 because of soreness in the hamstring, pinch hit during a game June 17 and then started the next five before sitting out two games last weekend. In 14 games since June 16, Kemp was hitting .188 (9-for-48) with two doubles, a home run and five walks.

Kemp has said hamstring injuries are a “tricky” and that he’s been trying to figure out a way to allow it to get better while still playing every day.

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