It’s a good thing Shane Victorino appealed that three-game suspension baseball slapped on him for his role in Friday night’s bench-clearing melee with the Giants.
The centerfielder’s fingerprints were all over the Phils’ 5-3 win over the Giants.
Victorino had two doubles and a homer, scoring three of the Phils’ five runs. His dinger in the ninth gave closer Ryan Madson some breathing room after the Dodgers had closed to 4-3.
It also preserved Roy Halladay’s 15th win.
But if the possibility of a suspension for Victorino is troubling for the Phils, the news on third baseman Placido Polanco is even worse.
Polanco, who was fined but not suspended after he also got involved in the scrum against the Giants, left Saturday’s game and has not been on the field since. He returned to Philadelphia for an MRI that revealed he’s suffering from a chronic sports hernia.
For right now, Polanco is not being placed on the disabled list, nor is he headed to surgery, but neither is being ruled out.
GM Ruben Amaro Jr. admitted that if Polanco’s pain is not eased by an injection he is due to get today, surgery is the likely route. But he stressed that going under the knife would not necessarily mean the end of Polanco’s season.
Just another day with the best team in baseball.
The centerfielder’s fingerprints were all over the Phils’ 5-3 win over the Giants.
Victorino had two doubles and a homer, scoring three of the Phils’ five runs. His dinger in the ninth gave closer Ryan Madson some breathing room after the Dodgers had closed to 4-3.
It also preserved Roy Halladay’s 15th win.
But if the possibility of a suspension for Victorino is troubling for the Phils, the news on third baseman Placido Polanco is even worse.
Polanco, who was fined but not suspended after he also got involved in the scrum against the Giants, left Saturday’s game and has not been on the field since. He returned to Philadelphia for an MRI that revealed he’s suffering from a chronic sports hernia.
For right now, Polanco is not being placed on the disabled list, nor is he headed to surgery, but neither is being ruled out.
GM Ruben Amaro Jr. admitted that if Polanco’s pain is not eased by an injection he is due to get today, surgery is the likely route. But he stressed that going under the knife would not necessarily mean the end of Polanco’s season.
Just another day with the best team in baseball.
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