ST. LOUIS — Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto bruised his neck when hit by a Zack Wheeler wild pitch within the seventh inning of Philadelphia’s 3-0 loss to St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday evening.
The three-time All-Star was faraway from the sport.
“We’ll examine him tomorrow. It does not appear to be there’s any damaged bones,” Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson stated.
Wheeler was pitching to Brendan Donovan when he bounced an 0-1 curveball, catching Realmuto on the suitable aspect of his neck above the collarbone and knocking off his masks.
“You by no means wish to see that,” Wheeler stated. “I really feel unhealthy for spiking that and him having to come back out of the sport.”
Philadelphia medical workers examined Realmuto earlier than the 33-year-old walked off the sphere beneath his personal energy.
“He began getting a bit of headache and he simply did not look regular, so we acquired him out,” Thomson stated.
Thomson stated Realmuto was checked for a concussion and didn’t seem to have one.
Realmuto has began at catcher in 9 of Philadelphia’s first 11 video games this season and led main league catchers in video games caught in every of the previous two seasons with 133.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
