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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Nats oufielder Bryce Harper will be out at least another week with a knee injury. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Washington Nationals outfielder\u00A0Bryce Harper was given platelet-rich plasma and cortisone shots in the bursa sac of his troublesome left knee and will be shut down for the next week, reports the &lt;em&gt;Washington Times&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harper received the injections from Dr. James Andrews on Monday, confirming a diagnosis of patella bursitis in the outfielder's left knee.\u00A0The knee has bothered him ever since he ran into the wall at Dodger Stadium on May 13.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harper is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, but says he needs to play a couple of rehab games in the minors to test the knee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm not going to rush it. I'm going to take as much time as I can to get it right,\" Harper said. \"I want to get back in this lineup 100 percent. I don't want to get back in it 80 percent.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harper will wear a brace over the next week in order to stabilize the knee before the team determines if he can continue baseball activities. Harper\u00A0leads the Nationals with 12 home runs and a .287 batting average and has 23 RBIs.\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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