Bryce Harper breaks thumb in Phillies' 4-2 win over Padres on HBP
Bryce Harper saw the pitch flying toward his face, so he immediately turned his head and lifted his passed on hand to safeguard himself.Ends up, the Phillies slugger would prefer he hadn't.
Harper will be sidelined endlessly with a messed up left thumb after he was hit by a contribute from Blake Snell Philadelphia's 4-2 triumph over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
The ruling NL MVP, who missed a couple of games last year when he was smacked in the face by a fastball from St. Louis' Genesis Cabrera, checked his swing as the 97 mph fastball from Snell rode inside and high toward his shoulder prior to hitting him outwardly of the left hand in the fourth inning.
Harper promptly tumbled to the ground and was in noticeable agony as he held his hand while kneeling down for a few minutes with Phillies head mentor Paul Buchheit taking care of him.
Phillies head supervisor Dave Dombrowski, who went with the group on the excursion, said it was too soon to decide whether medical procedure will be required. He added he didn't know what sort of crack Harper had or where on his thumb the injury happened. Harper said he would see a clinical expert when he gets back to Philadelphia.
As Harper was most of the way to Philadelphia's burrow, he appeared to irately holler at Snell and motioned with his hand at the Padres beginning pitcher. Snell at last yelled back at Harper. Large numbers of the fans at Petco Park fans began to boo Harper following a few seconds with Harper yelling at Snell.
Harper then, at that point, seemed to chill off and say, "I know, I know" to Snell, recognizing that the pitcher didn't intend to hit him with the pitch
Harper then, at that point, seemed to chill off and say, "I know, I know" to Snell, recognizing that the pitcher didn't intend to hit him with the pitch