Catchers all through baseball could have nightmares about this.
Phillies backstop J.T. Realmuto took a 94-mph foul ball off Bo Bichette’s bat on to the groin, and he fell to the bottom in agony throughout the ninth inning of Wednesday’s 2-1 walk-off loss to the Blue Jays.
Realmuto ultimately struggled to his toes and walked it off, although he was faraway from the sport and changed by backup Rafael Marchan.
Umpire Paul Clemons tried to provide Realmuto as a lot time as potential, as he stood up and slowly tossed the ball again to pitcher Jordan Romano.
The damage occurred throughout the first at-bat of the underside of the ninth, and Romano retired Bichette as soon as play resumed earlier than the Blue Jays mounted the game-winning rally.
Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned after the sport that Realmuto was being checked on by medical doctors.
“It’s a fairly good one,” Thomson mentioned, per the Related Press. “He mentioned he’s had worse, however we’ll see. We’ll verify him out tomorrow.”
The Phillies’ beginning pitcher Wednesday, extremely touted prospect Mick Abel, felt for his battery mate.
“That’s one thing you by no means wish to see,” Abel mentioned. “I don’t actually know the way it feels, however I can think about it’s extraordinarily painful.”
Romano, who suffered the loss after he gave up a game-ending hit to Alejandro Kirk, mentioned Realmuto’s response confirmed how a lot it should’ve damage.
“J.T. is a tricky man,” Romano mentioned. “Seeing him go down like that, clearly, it needed to damage fairly good. Simply hope he’s all proper.”
Realmuto has been struggling this season, hitting simply .226, the worst mark of his MLB profession. He went 1-for-3 Wednesday night time.
The Phillies (37-24) and Blue Jays end their three-game set Thursday afternoon, and Philadelphia is 1 1/2 video games behind the Mets within the NL East.
