PHILADELPHIA — The ninth inning was painful for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber have been each injured Thursday evening late in a 7-4 loss to the Miami Marlins, leaving their availability in query for the crew with one of the best 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.
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“It hurts,” he mentioned 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 residence runs and 58 RBIs.
Harper mentioned he has by no means had a soft-tissue damage like this earlier than, so he does not understand how involved he needs to be.
“If I had one thing to return on, I might let you already know,” he mentioned. “However I’ve by no means felt something like this earlier than.”
Schwarber felt tightness in his groin whereas making an ungainly throw from the outfield within the prime of the ninth. Often the Phillies’ designated hitter, Schwarber was taking part in within the area for less than the third time this season.
“I reached all the way down to seize the ball barehanded and sort of planted for the throw and felt it seize,” Schwarber mentioned. “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 sort of really feel it, so I talked to the coach and he did not like the place the spot was … so he needed 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 performed on Friday earlier than a dedication is made on his standing, however he appeared extra optimistic than Harper when speaking about it postgame.
“Personally, I do not suppose it will be tremendous dangerous in any respect,” Schwarber mentioned. “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 presently on the injured checklist after having surgical procedure to restore a torn meniscus. As well as, the crew put beginning pitchers Taijuan Walker (proper index finger irritation) and Spencer Turnbull (proper lat pressure) on the 15-day IL in current days, so the accidents are mounting for Philadelphia.
“I really feel like this crew during the last couple years, we have needed to undergo lots of various things the place guys have needed to step up and fill in spots and did a fantastic job,” Schwarber mentioned. “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 very good bench right here. So, if there’s time to be missed I’ve all the religion on the planet that these guys will hold doing their factor.”