PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte was back in the starting lineup for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday and greeted with a chours of boos by the home crowd, two weeks after the three-time All-Star’s unexpected no-show before a game in Boston left the team scrambling.

The exact reasons for his head-scratching absence are still a little vague.

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