Jayson
Werth fouled a pitch off his foot on Saturday, and he was on crutches Sunday.
Late in Saturday’s loss to the A’s in Oakland, Jayson Werth and Daniel Murphy were
hobbled in back-to-back at bats.
Werth fouled a pitch off his left/front foot, then hit a single and
was lifted for a pinch runner. Murphy took a fastball to the knee, but stayed
in the game.
Nationals’
skipper Dusty Baker talked about the injury issues for Werth and Murphy after
Washington’s one loss this weekend.
“Yeah, it just kind of looked like — probably more concerned with
Jayson because it hit off the same spot that -- when he was out a couple days,
on his foot,” Baker said.
“And on Murph, it hit him in the leg here, so we anticipate
hopefully Murph won’t be too sore tomorrow, because he’s swinging a hot bat.”
Werth was asked about the damage to his foot in a post game
interview, though he noted that contrary to Baker’s comments, it wasn’t the
exact same spot he hit this Spring.
“I got the toe in Spring,” Werth said.
“This is about usually where I foul it off, so, but whatever, I’ll be alright.”
“It hurts a little bit at the moment. I think it’s going to be
alright. Usually get it pretty good once a year, so I’m a little early this
time, so I’m a little early this time, but hopefully that will be it.”
Asked if he thought he would be available for Sunday’s series
finale, Werth said on Saturday night that he wasn’t sure.
“I’ve got to see how I wake up. Usually if it swells up, then it’s
going to be tough, but if it doesn’t swell up it should be alright.”
How
did the Bryce Harper wants to play for the Cubs thing start?:
Werth wasn’t in the lineup for the series finale with the A’s, and
he was on crutches in the clubhouse.
Baker was asked for a status update on the Nationals’ outfielder
after the Nats’ 11-10 win over the A’s.
“Not good,” he said. “That’s the same toe that he fouled the ball
off a month ago and I think he missed three or four days then, so he’s not
looking good.
“The X-rays were negative, but he’s on crutches and so, it’s not
looking good for now.”
Through 47 games and 196
plate appearances this season, Werth has a .262/.367/.446 line with five
doubles and eight home runs.
Baker has mixed and matched with Adam Lindand Brian Goodwin filling in
outfield spots over the last few games, but missing Werth for any length of
time would be another blow to the Nats’ outfield which is already without Adam
Eaton after his season-ending injury late in April.
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