Josh Willingham, out since April 28 with a lower back strain, said there's a chance he won't return to action until early June.

"Hopefully I'll do treatment and it clears up, and best-case, I'm playing by late May, early June," he said.

He received a pain shot last week and might get another one this weekend.

Willingham has shut down baseball activities since aggravating his back while trying to take swings Monday. He said there was a chance he'd see a doctor this weekend for a second opinion.

"I was probably a little overanxious and tried to do a little too much too soon, maybe, as far as swinging. Now I'm dealing with it," he said.

That means more playing time for 40-year-old Luis Gonzalez, a left-handed hitter who has batted .333 in Willingham's ...More