Daily News | Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber may miss series vs. Mets because of strained calf
As if scoring runs against Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom wasn’t going to be challenging enough this weekend, the Phillies will have to face the twin New York Mets aces without Kyle Schwarber.
Schwarber said he has been playing through a sore calf for a few weeks. He felt it tighten early in Thursday’s game and said he “wouldn’t have been really serviceable” if a ball had been hit to left field. He informed the coaching staff, and after drawing a fifth-inning walk, he was lifted for a pinch runner.
“We’ll have to just cross that when we get there,” he said. “I want to be back as quick as I can, but also don’t want to do anything that’s outrageous to hurt the team and be down for extended amount of time, too.” The Phillies are still without Bryce Harper, who has not yet faced pitching in his attempt to return from a broken left thumb. They recently got Jean Segura back after 10 weeks on the injured list with a fractured right index finger.Rob Thomson’s turnaround of the Phillies has him in the middle of the manager of the year race