Bryce Harper fell to a knee, cradling his right elbow and supporting his arm against his chest.
And the Phillies held their breath.
The radiographs were negative, announced the team on Tuesday evening, and Harper received a diagnosis of bruising after being struck on the elbow – the same elbow which he had repaired surgically two years ago – by a field of 95.3 MPH of the Starter Braves Spencer Strider during the first round at the Citizens Bank Park.
But although Harper seemed to have avoided the worst case, it caused several anxious moments in the opening of a six -game homestand.
Harper doubled on the grass in front of the pirogue of the Phillies. After being seen by assistant sports coach Joe Rauch, he left the field and raised the tunnel leading to the clubhouse.
The interior field player of the Edmundo Sosa reserve ran to Harper and stayed in the third goal match; Alec Bohm Moved from the third base to the first.
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Harper entered the week with 18 strokes during his last 47 strikers, increasing his stick at the stick to 0.267 and his OP at 0.823 from 0.236 and 0.780 two weeks ago.
Strider only made her second departure for Atlanta since her return from a tension to the hamstrings. The right to launch hard was hue as he left the field after the first round and again when he returned for the second.
Harper missed 53 games in 2022 after being struck by a launch of the leftist at the Blake Snell era and broke his left thumb. He tore a ligament in his right elbow in 2023 and underwent Tommy John surgery after the season.
