"Travis Hafner got another night off. That makes two of the past three.

What is going on with the Indians' designated hitter? Nothing, manager Manny Acta said on Monday.

''He's fine,'' Acta said. ''He's playing tomorrow. We're just trying to get him through the season healthy after his stint on the [disable list].''

Hafner is supposed to be healthy. Sort of. He went on the disabled list Aug. 3 with inflammation in his right shoulder, a condition that Tribe officials and Hafner have described as a fatigued feeling.

When he was activated midway through last month, Acta said Hafner would play four or five days per week. The way it has worked out, Hafner plays four days in a row (once it was three), then gets a day off, preferably against a left-handed pitcher.

''It's not his choice,'' Acta said. ''We're trying to manipulate his schedule to get him as many at-bats as we can and have him finish the season without any problems. He'll probably play five in a row now with two right-handers [Tuesday and Wednesday] and three when we get home.''

But the schedule became a little skewed when Hafner was removed from the rain-plagued game Saturday night in Kansas City in the eighth inning, and he didn't play Sunday against Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar or Monday night against Minnesota Twins lefty Brian Duensing."