OAKLAND -- The A’s will begin their nine-game homestand without slugger Khris Davis.

After undergoing an MRI on Wednesday, the designated hitter was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 22, with a left hip/oblique contusion before Friday’s game against the Mariners. Davis will be kept out of all hitting activities for the next five days, and the A’s will wait to see how he feels next week.

The diagnosis is slightly different from the left hip contusion that the A’s officially listed him with having after he collided with a railing in left-field territory at PNC Park on May 5. After leaving Tuesday’s win over the Indians in the third inning, Davis indicated that the injury was affecting him more in the oblique area.

“It’s the oblique that kind of attaches to the bone, and he was exactly right,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “Khris felt what he was feeling, and the more he played, it just wouldn’t get healthy. We’ll shut him down for about five days from swinging and we’ll see where he is after that.”

Davis missed several games after sustaining the injury, but he hit well whenever he was healthy enough to play, batting .346 with two home runs and three RBIs in seven games over that time.

Outfielder Skye Bolt was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to take Davis’ spot on the active roster, returning to the Majors after making his debut earlier this month. Bolt appeared in three games for the A’s during a three-game series at Pittsburgh, going 1-for-4 with a double. He was listed as a bench player for Friday night’s game, and he gives the A’s an option as a late-game replacement with an ability to play all three outfield positions.

The switch-hitting Bolt is not sure how long he might be at the big league level, but he's been swinging the bat well in the Minors, with a .311 average over 34 games, with six homers and 30 RBIs.

“It’s good to have the confidence that they brought me back up here and be able to contribute for however long I’m here,” Bolt said. “It’s time to contribute someway or somehow, each day.”

Mark Canha was listed as the A’s DH on Friday, and he will likely get the bulk of playing time there in Davis’ absence. It’s nearly impossible to replicate the production provided by Davis, who leads the team with 12 home runs and has homered more than any MLB player since the start of the 2016 season, but Canha has been doing his best Davis impression since being activated off the IL on May 13, with five homers over that span.

“Canha did what KD does for us,” Melvin said. “It felt like having KD there, but we’re going to miss him. If there’s a guy we feel comfortable about replacing KD for a period of time, it would be Mark.”