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By KYLE WILCOX
Cronkite News

PHOENIX — After a head-first slide into home plate against the San Francisco Giants in 2014, Chris Owings was not the same.

The Arizona Diamondbacks infielder injured his left shoulder on the play and the pain lingered longer than expected. Surgery followed to repair his posterior labrum and recovery came next.

Owings, however, feels as though he never fully got his power back until now, more than 2 ½ years later.

Owings has started the 2017 season off as hot as the Arizona desert, leading the team in batting average (.309) and tied for the lead with Paul Goldschmidt in hits (60) entering Friday’s game in Miami.

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