{"id":3970,"date":"2026-08-16T19:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:10:07","slug":"phillies-trea-turner-avoids-injury-after-fouling-a-pitch-off-his-leg-but-gets-sunday-off-vs-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3970","title":{"rendered":"Phillies\u2019 Trea Turner avoids injury after fouling a pitch off his leg, but gets Sunday off vs. Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Trea Turner watched the replay before he left the ballpark here Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3968\">Top U.S. commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks continue in Egypt<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt looked a lot worse than it was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Indeed, Turner left the game \u2014 and the Phillies hoping for the best \u2014 after fouling a pitch off his upper right leg in the eighth inning of a 9-1 rout of the Twins. He writhed on the ground and and got to his feet with assistance from head athletic trainer Paul Buchheit.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But by the time the game was over, Turner was walking through the clubhouse without even a trace of a limp.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Turner could have started Sunday, too, interim manager Don Mattingly said. But the Phillies weren\u2019t pushing it with their star shortstop, whose legs make him one of the fastest players in the sport.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like taking chances with his legs,\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cBecause he [could] end up running differently, and then he\u2019s got a hamstring or he\u2019s got a hip or something going on. It\u2019s just kind of a natural, easy decision with Trea, just because you want to be more cautious with him than some other guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And so, Edmundo Sosa made a rare start at shortstop for the series finale against the Twins, with Turner available later in the game, according to Mattingly.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In rewatching the swing from Saturday night, Turner said he was bothered more by falling hard on his right ankle than actually fouling the pitch off his leg.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf9 Trea Turner exits after ball strikes leg pic.twitter.com\/ZpvrZf9LiR<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Injury Bot (@MLBInjuryBot) August 16, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just couldn\u2019t catch myself, couldn\u2019t stop spinning and falling backwards,\u201d Turner said. \u201cI kind of like sat on my ankle. Watching a replay, I can see how the trainers and everyone\u2019s like, \u2018Oh no, that looked really bad.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Turner has turned around his season over the last two months. At his nadir, he was batting .216 with a .595 OPS on June 15. Since then, he was batting .292 with an .841 OPS and 10 homers in 49 games through Saturday night.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And after a rough stretch last month, his defense at shortstop has stabilized. Turner made four errors in four games \u2014 and six in 10 games \u2014 out of the All-Star break. But he has been error-free for 15 games.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3966\">\u2018This is her legacy\u2019: Tina Sloan Green celebrated for laying the foundation for women\u2019s lacrosse<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Even as the Phillies displaced three-fourths of the infield after trading for second baseman Luis Arraez, they left Turner at shortstop. Infield coach Bobby Dickerson has expressed confidence that the 33-year-old can stay at the position beyond this season.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got to put a chip on his shoulders and say, \u2018The way to quiet everybody is to make plays, to do my job and do it right and do it good,\u2019\u201d Dickerson said on The Inquirer\u2019s <i>Phillies Extra <\/i>podcast. \u201cI always talk about shortstop as the quarterback position. &#8230; We\u2019ve got to get back to him leading as a shortstop \u2014 make plays, play it calm, let everybody breathe. That\u2019s the only way he stays there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Said Mattingly: \u201cIt seems like he\u2019s cleaned stuff up and had better results. I think he\u2019s just kind of stayed after it and kept working. I know he\u2019s been doing a lot of hand [exercises], activation stuff, but just kind of continuing to work. And it has been better.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Hill gets a hand<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Reserve outfielder Derek Hill kept playing Saturday night after getting hit on the right hand while attempting to bunt in the fifth inning. But after the game he went for X-rays, which came back negative.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s good,\u201d said Mattingly, who expected Hill to be available off the bench. \u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s sore.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hill, who plays center field against left-handed starting pitchers, has brought energy \u2014 highlight-reel defense and a few clutch hits, too \u2014 since being acquired in a trade with the White Sox for two minor leaguers on June 11. In 40 games through Saturday, he was batting .250 (21-for-84) and slugging .452 with five homers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>With a righty on the mound Sunday for the Twins, Justin Crawford started in center field. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Extra bases<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Backup catcher Rafael Marchan (knee) was scheduled to continue his triple-A assignment, but Lehigh Valley\u2019s game got suspended by rain. The Phillies will gradually step up his workload behind the plate. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to build him up to the nine-inning type of thing, and then we\u2019ll kind of go from there,\u201d Mattingly said. &#8230; The Phillies flew home after the game to begin a six-game homestand against the Marlins and Cardinals. Cristopher S\u00e1nchez (15-4, 2.54 ERA) is scheduled to start at 6:40 p.m. Monday night against Marlins righty Janson Junk (6-7, 4.41).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3964\">A Kensington restaurant makes New York Times\u2019 greatest Mexican restaurants list<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turner could\u2019ve started, but the Phillies didn&#8217;t want to push their star shortstop: \u201cI don\u2019t like taking chances with his legs,\u201d said interim manager Don Mattingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phillies\u2019 Trea Turner avoids injury after fouling a pitch off his leg, but gets Sunday off vs. Twins - 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