Hamels leaves game with hand contusion
The Phillies said that lefthander Cole Hamels is expected to make his next start after X-rays were negative on a right hand contusion. Hamels left today's game with the visiting Boston Red Sox after the fourth inning with the injury.
Hamels leaves game with hand contusion
Marc Narducci
The Phillies said that lefthander Cole Hamels is expected to make his next start after X-rays were negative on a right hand contusion. Hamels left today's game with the visiting Boston Red Sox after the fourth inning with the injury.
He suffered the injury after being hit with a line drive off the bat of Adrian Gonzalez in the fourth inning. Hamels’ glove flew off, but he picked up the ball and threw Gonzalez out for the second out
Hamels was checked by the medical staff, stayed in the game and got Dustin Pedroia to ground out to third for the final out.
He was replaced to being the fifth inning by righthander David Herndon. Hamels pitched four shutout innings, allowing two hits.
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Maybe his chiropractor can help him!!— philly teacher?- It's only a contusion on his non pitching hand. He won't miss a start. However, the Phils would be in real trouble without Hamels since they rely on pitching with very little hitting. Still need a right handed 5th hitter.— Pap
- Herndon can always be counted on to un-tie any game quickly.— Danielson
- When I watched this game on DVR and Herndon was the guy that jumped up after Hamels came to the dugout, I knew it was just a matter of a few pitches before the Phils would be trailing. That guy cannot get quality hitters out.
- Gotta love the subtitle/question "CAN THE PHILLIES SURVIVE WITHOUT COLE HAMELS?!?" when the x-rays come back negative, and he's not expected to miss a start.
Ah well, so is sports reporting.— magnumforce2006 
Comment removed.- from Fab 4 down to maybe Fab 2.....what's next with the starting pitching under good ole Uncle Cholly?— sonnybuoy01
- they overreacted by taking hamels out of the game.. its just a bruise at the base of his glove hand. charlie had to know boston would feast on our long relief, so its like throwing in the towel on this game for no good reason— zwarte piet
- Chill, it's not a divisional game. Ask yourself what the driving force of this team is, and that would be the rotation...Error on the side of caution...Besides, how do you know what kind of pain he was in, or how he was feeling... — PhilliefaninAZ
- I agree with zwarte! They treat those guys like they're babies and the slightest little bruise is treated like it's a major injury. The Phillies can't win all of their games but it would have been nice to watch Cole continue to pitch instead of bringing that batting practice jerk Herndon into the game. Since they're not hitting Lester why not bring in Baez and really let it get out of hand?— erniebanks14
- the third best pitcher in the phils rotation could have broken his hand!! your argument is to let him continue pitching, and hitting, so he could potentially further injure his hand? brilliant! — wobblie
- Herndon has done pretty well since coming back from LV (14.2 innings, 10 hits, 1 unearned run and 11 strikeouts). To ask him to come in partially cold and hold the RSox down isn't the easiest job. If he comes back out his next few appearances and does his job well, then he has learned a thing or two. Whatev...Cole will get his start against the Marlins and get win #10 then.— ESFjellin
- he's such a wuss— Old German
- you are an old fool — wobblie
- moron
— PhilliefaninAZ
