Kyle Schwarber was pulled with a mild right calf strain Thursday in the Phillies' 3-0 loss to Miami after he walked with two outs in the fifth.
PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber coped with a nagging calf injury through the last few weeks —"the old grind of baseball," he said — and still helped the Phillies reel off a near-perfect homestand and a run at an NL wild-card spot. But as his right calf felt"tighter, tighter, tighter" out in left field against the Marlins, the NL home run leader knew he had to call it a day.
"I want to be quick as I can," he said,"but also don't want to do anything that's outrageous to hurt the team and be down an extended amount of time, too." The torrid stretch this summer — the Phillies also had a nine-game winning streak in June — is one reason the Phillies don't necessarily believe this is a statement series in New York.
"It's always good to play good teams and we're playing really well now in all phases of the game, really," Thomson said."It should be a good series."Edward Cabrera pitched effectively into the sixth inning, and Tanner Scott worked in and out of trouble in the ninth to help the Marlins pick up their seventh shutout.
Cabrera struck out six and walked two in 5 2/3 innings and combined with three relievers on a seven-hitter.
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