PHILADELPHIA — The ninth inning was painful for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber have been each injured Thursday night time late in a 7-4 loss to the Miami Marlins, leaving their availability in query for the workforce with the perfect document within the majors.
Elected to his eighth All-Star Sport hours earlier, Harper felt his left hamstring tighten as he was working to first base on the ultimate play of the sport.
The slugger clutched in the back of his leg and briefly fell to the bottom after crossing the bag. Though the Phillies challenged the decision on his groundout, Harper did not watch for the results of the replay evaluate and instantly limped down the tunnel.
“It hurts,” he stated afterward. “We’ll get a picture tomorrow simply to see what that appears like and see how I really feel and go from there.”
Harper, who was the Nationwide League Participant of the Month in Might and is within the dialog for a similar award in June, prolonged his hitting streak to 12 video games with an RBI double within the first. He’s batting .303 with 20 house runs and 58 RBIs.
Harper stated he has by no means had a soft-tissue damage like this earlier than, so he does not know the way involved he must be.
“If I had one thing to return on, I’d let you understand,” he stated. “However I’ve by no means felt something like this earlier than.”
Schwarber felt tightness in his groin whereas making a clumsy throw from the outfield within the high of the ninth. Often the Phillies’ designated hitter, Schwarber was taking part in within the subject for less than the third time this season.
“I reached right down to seize the ball barehanded and form of planted for the throw and felt it seize,” Schwarber stated. “I assumed it was only a cramp at first and I completed the inning. However, as I used to be working in [between innings] I might nonetheless form of really feel it, so I talked to the coach and he did not like the place the spot was … so he wished to get me out of there.”
Like Harper, Schwarber has had a wonderful June and has been the Phillies’ desk setter all season.
He additionally expects to get imaging executed on Friday earlier than a willpower is made on his standing, however he appeared extra optimistic than Harper when speaking about it postgame.
“Personally, I do not suppose it’s going to be tremendous unhealthy in any respect,” Schwarber stated. “However we’ll see what occurs.”
The Phillies have already performed with out shortstop Trea Turner for six weeks this season, and catcher J.T. Realmuto is at present on the injured checklist after having surgical procedure to restore a torn meniscus. As well as, the workforce put beginning pitchers Taijuan Walker (proper index finger irritation) and Spencer Turnbull (proper lat pressure) on the 15-day IL in latest days, so the accidents are mounting for Philadelphia.
“I really feel like this workforce during the last couple years, we have needed to undergo loads of various things the place guys have needed to step up and fill in spots and did an amazing job,” Schwarber stated. “If that is going to be the case right here, that is why we have now this depth in Triple-A and we have now a extremely good bench right here. So, if there’s time to be missed I’ve all the religion on this planet that these guys will hold doing their factor.”