Philadelphia Phillies Manager Provides Injury Update on Star Infielder

The Philadelphia Phillies scraped out a big win on Thursday, but it came with a cost.

In the third inning, third baseman Alec Bohm was pulled from the game due to a hand injury suffered on during a swing in his first at-bat of the game. The Phillies labeled it “left hand discomfort.”

After the game, manager Rob Thomson gave an update on the status of the All-Star’s injury.

“He’s sore. You know, but x-rays were negative and we’ll just reassess him [Friday],” Thomson explained. “It was just kind of a weird finish, and I don’t know, he pinched something in there. Kind of a zinger, but he is sore right now.”

Although it happened in the first inning, Bohm wasn’t pulled until the third.

“He went out to play defense then we were going to reassess him afterwards and he couldn’t swing the bat, so, or he had trouble swinging the bat,” said the manager.

The fact Bohm was having issues swinging the bat is concerning, but the x-rays being negative is a good sign the injury may not be too serious. No timetable has been given for how many games he will miss, if any, at the time of writing.

If he were to miss any time on the injured list, it would be a major blow to Philadelphia.

Bohm is in the midst of a career year, making his first All-Star team and even participating in the home run derby. The third baseman is slashing .290/.329/.419 with 13 home runs, 89 RBI and a career high 44 doubles.

He leads the team in multiple offensive categories with his RBI and doubles totals. He also trails only Bryce Harper in terms of position player bWAR on the team with a 3.4 so far this year. He is fourth overall behind Harper and starting pitchers Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola.

However, they have a fairly comfortable six game lead in the NL East which gives them some wiggle room, but the Atlanta Braves have been hot over the last week.

After two seasons in a row of making the NLCS despite not winning the division, there is no doubt the team would like to win their first NL East title since 2011.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner shouted for his booze-soaked Phillies teammates to clear a path — the clouds of smoke formed from puffs of his celebratory cigar certainly opened a hole — as he rode into the clubhouse on a platform truck also stacked with cases of beer.

Hoodie up, googles on, Turner jumped and splashed into the swill of beer and bubbly that sopped the clubhouse floor, the All-Star shortstop ready to crash the bash that had circled him.

The Phillies are used to the party, though this one came with a twist — for the first time in 13 years, they are headed to the postseason as NL East champs.

Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto went deep. Phillies fans went wild. And pitcher Aaron Nola provided a taste of just how great it would feel for the entire franchise if Philly went all the way.

The Phillies won the NL East for the first time since 2011, clinching the division title with a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.