On Thursday afternoon, Phillies starter Cole Hamels was hit in the glove hand by a comebacker off the bat of Adrian Gonzalez. Hamels finished the play and finished the fourth inning, but he was removed for the fifth, replaced by David Herndon.
Cole Hamels Injury: X-Rays Negative, Phillies Lefty Expected To Make Next Start
The early word was that Hamels had a right hand contusion. However, he was taken for x-rays, as the Phillies wanted to make sure nothing was broken. With that in mind, hey, good news! Jerry Crasnick:
Hamels update: X-rays negative. Day-to-day. Expected to make next start.
So Hamels is fine. Or, he isn’t fine - his right hand probably really hurts a lot - but he’s as fine as you can be after Adrian Gonzalez hits a baseball at you really hard.
In the end, then, the only consequence of this incident for the Phillies is that it forced Hamels out of a game in which he was pitching a shutout. Hamels left with the score 0-0. Herndon allowed two runs in the next inning.
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