Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips left in the eighth inning of the team's game against the Dodgers on Thursday with a right index finger injury, according to MLB.com's Mark Sheldon.
MLB roundup: Brandon Phillips injures finger, Braves-Rockies finale gets chippy late
A three-time All-Star exited with an injury in Cincinnati and things got interesting after an injury to a backup catcher in Denver.
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Phillips suffered the injury a few innings earlier after being hit on the throwing hand by a grounder off the bat of Yasiel Puig, Reds manager Bryan Price told Sheldon. Phillips grounded out in his lone post-injury at-bat. He was lifted in the bottom of the eighth for pinch hitter Ryan Ludwick, who hit an RBI single in place of the three-time All-Star.
Phillips, 32, has appeared in 150 or more games in four of the last five seasons and has never played in fewer than 141 during his eight-year stint in Cincinnati. He entered Thursday hitting .273/.310/.392 in 263 plate appearances spanning 62 games in 2014.
Rockies reliever Nick Masset, manager Walt Weiss and bench coach Tom Runnels were ejected late in the team's 10-3 win over the Braves on Thursday. Colorado was cruising toward its second consecutive victory to cap the four-game set when Corey Dickerson was plunked by Braves reliever David Carpenter, who was also ejected, setting off mild fireworks in the eighth inning:
Dickerson hit Braves catcher Gerald Laird in the head during his backswing on a foul ball a pitch earlier. The normally mild-mannered Weiss, who entered the game having been ejected only once in his managerial career, clearly thought Carpenter's pitch was a form of retaliation for the incident.
Masset and Runnels were thrown out a half-inning later when the former plunked Braves catcher Evan Gattis, who replaced the injured Laird, on a first-pitch fastball with two outs. Gattis lowered his head and took first base, opting not to engage in further shenanigans.
The Rockies and Braves won’t face each other again during the regular season.
Hudson dominates, provides the LOLs
Giants starter Tim Hudson didn't allow an earned run in seven innings on Thursday, being completely inconsiderate to the Nationals by throwing 68 of 104 pitches for strikes and whiffing five batters en route to lowering his ERA to 1.81. After the Giants' 7-1 victory, however, the 38-year-old right-hander was the most considerate person in the room:
Hudson began postgame presser by instructing his little boy, who was sitting in his chair, not to fart. #sfgiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) June 12, 2014 Thursday scores
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