Hope Everyone is Wearing Their Cup Today

The wheel of misfortune took another spin and landed square on the Phillies last night. Jay Bruce tweaked a hamstring running the bases and JT Realmuto got hit right in the, uh, Realmutos by a pitch. He finished the inning but was replaced later in the game. And the oft-inured Roman Quinn was injured again-in a rehab assignment game. That poor kid is more fragile than Samuel L. Jackson in an M. Night Shyamalan movie.

So today's lineup has a distinct spring training split squad feel to it.
Segura
Harper
Kingery
Hoksins
Hernandez
Williams
Franco
Knapp
Velasquez

Williams, Franco, and Knapp are all hitting under .205 and Hernandez, even with his game-winner last night, has just 7 hits in his last 57 at-bats.

If the Phillies are going to win today and move to within a half-game of first, Scott Kingery and Rhys Hoskins are going to have to keep doing the same kind of damage they've been doing over the last 10 days or so.

But there is good news. Reliever Pat Neshek is back from the injured list and he'll probably be called on to close things out today should the Phils have a late lead. I seriously doubt we'll see Hector Neris doing Hector Neris things for the third straight day.

The Phils say Bruce is day-to-day (like the rest of us) with his hamstring and Realmuto is getting the day off to let the boys recover.