Trea Turner exits recreation vs. Giants with left hamstring soreness at the beginning seemed on NBC Sports activities Philadelphia
Within the backside of the fourth inning Friday evening, Phillies shortstop Trea Turner singled with two outs and stole 2d. Then, when Bryce Harper walked on a pitch that caromed off the glove of Giants catcher Tom Murphy and rolled towards the backstop, Turner complicated to 3rd. . .and stored operating to attain what proved to be the decisive run in a 4-3 win at Voters Financial institution Park.
It was once simply the most recent reminder of ways a lot of an affect he could have.
But if the Phils went again directly to the sphere within the most sensible of the 5th, Edmundo Sosa got here out of the dugout to play brief. It grew to become out Turner had injured his left hamstring simply sooner than he tagged the plate.
Now the Phillies must work out the best way to get by way of with out him for what’s anticipated to be no less than a couple of days whilst crossing their hands that it’s now not longer.
Rob Thomson admitted he’s no less than just a little involved. “Certain,” he stated. “Anytime it’s a hamstring, muscle, particularly a man like that. That play gained us the ballgame.”
Turner made a spur of the instant determination to take a look at to attain when he noticed that Murphy and pitcher Jordan Hicks have been reacting in some way that indicated they anticipated him to prevent at 3rd. “I simply felt like they have been some distance from house plate and it could have taken a perfect play to get me out. That’s roughly how I noticed it in my head,” he stated.
If Turner is predicted to pass over a rather brief time period, the chief stated his inclination can be to plug Sosa into the lineup. If it’s going to be MIA lengthy sufficient to require a roster transfer, that might be a distinct dialogue. Thomson indicated he’s now not thought to be transferring 2d baseman Bryson Stott to shortstop, no less than now not now.
“It’s an enormous loss (if he’s out for a longer time),” Thomson stated. “He’s Trea Turner. He’s one of the crucial easiest gamers in baseball. I don’t know what the effects are going to be, however we’ll to find out extra (Saturday).”
Turner, who has performed in each recreation this season, is resigned to lacking no less than a while.
“It was once beautiful sore,” he stated. “I’ve by no means truly had the rest like this sooner than. They gave the impression beautiful sure within the coaching room. A minimum of extra sure than I assumed. So I used to be beautiful pleased with that.
“It was once roughly a freak factor. I feel it’s going to be no less than a pair days. I hate being harm and I promise it’s now not going to be amusing for the learning personnel. I’ll put on them out they usually’ll need me at the box greater than I’ll wish to be at the box.”
Turner is hitting .343, 2d at the crew to simply 3rd baseman Alec Bohm, who prolonged his hitting streak to 16 video games with a 3rd inning unmarried. His 43 hits in March/April have been a franchise report and his 25 runs scored have been 2d most effective to Jimmy Rollins (26 in 2007).