NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey’s season might soon be coming to an end.The six-time All-Star said Tuesday night
that he’s considering surgery to fix a hip problem that’s been hobbling him all
year.“I think when you’re dealing with an injury
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talking and there’s any sort of excuse, no matter what it is.”“But yeah, I mean,
just where we are in the standings, too, I think that makes it
difficult
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possibility,” Giants general manager Bobby Evans said.Posey didn’t play Tuesday
night in a 6-3 loss to the New York Mets after catching all 13 innings in a win
Monday. He is expected to play Wednesday.Manager Bruce Bochy said there is no
deadline set for Posey to have the surgery. He added the sooner the surgery
occurs, the more time there is for Posey to recover.The Giants are 62-65 and
behind several teams for the second wild card spot. They are 3-5 on an 11-game
road trip and 12-19 since July 13.Posey is hitting .286 with five homers and 40
RBIs. Since the All-Star break, he is hitting .283 with no homers and nine
RBIs.Posey hasn’t homered in a span of 166 at-bats since June 19, the
third-longest homerless drought of his career in terms of days.“He’s been
battling this all year,” Bochy said. “He’s been a warrior through this, dealing
with it. But you know
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that’s what we’re talking about now.”“There is a rehab with this thing if it
gets done, and it’s going to take a little while. So, we want to make sure that
we get him right,” he said.The San Francisco Chronicle first reported on Posey’s
situation. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Asdrubal Cabrera provided the pop the
Philadelphia Phillies expected when they acquired him last month.Cabrera’s solo
home run with one out in the 10th lifted the Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Friday night in a game played through steady rain.Cabrera
connected off Steve Cishek (4-2), driving an opposite-field shot to left-center
to help the Phillies pull within two games of Atlanta in the NL East. The Braves
lost 3-2 to Pittsburgh.“That’s why we traded for him,” Phillies manager Gabe
Kapler said of Cabrera, who came from the New York Mets on July 31. “Big moment.
Absolutely demolished the ball.”Cabrera got mobbed by teammates and showered
with bubble gum and a sports drink after circling the bases following his fifth
career walk-off homer and first since hitting one off teammate Edubray Ramos on
Sept. 22
Wade Boggs Jersey , 2016.“It feels awesome to help the team win,” Cabrera said. “This game is not easy.”Javier Baez hit his 29th homer for the NL
Central-leading Cubs.Pat Neshek (2-1) earned the win with a scoreless
inning.Baez hit a liner out to left off Nick Pivetta for his NL-leading 98th RBI
to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead in the fifth.Philadelphia tied it at 1 on Cesar
Hernandez’s RBI single off Jose Quintana in the sixth. The speedy Roman Quinn
hit a double and scored on the hit to left.Phillies reliever Adam Morgan escaped
a jam in the seventh when Baez hit a hard liner to right with two runners on,
but Phillies newcomer Jose Bautista reached out to make the catch and doubled
Tommy La Stella off second to end the inning.Seranthony Dominguez struck out
Cubs pinch-hitter Victor Caratini to leave the bases loaded in the
eighth.Pivetta pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the third by
striking out Anthony Rizzo and retiring Ben Zobrist on a grounder to
shortstop.STARTING TIMECubs: Quintana gave up one run and three hits, striking
out seven in six innings. He has allowed just 13 hits over his last three starts
after posting a 7.52 ERA over his previous four.Phillies: Pivetta allowed one
run and five hits, striking out six in five innings.A FIRSTQuintana had his
first two-hit game after entering with four hits in 91 career at-bats.MR.
PINCHLa Stella led off the seventh with a single, setting the franchise record
for pinch-hits in a season with 21.TURNAROUNDHector Neris
http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-wilson-ramos-jersey , who began the season as Philadelphia’s closer and was demoted to Triple-A after
pitching poorly, has 20 strikeouts and hasn’t allowed a run in nine innings
since being recalled a few weeks ago.WELCOME HOMECubs lefty Cole Hamels received
a standing ovation following a video tribute in the middle of the fourth inning.
Hamels was the MVP of the 2008 World Series and NLCS with the Phillies. He was
traded to Texas in 2015. Hamels would’ve pitched on Sunday but was pushed back
because Joe Maddon is going with a six-man rotation.“I thought it was good to
let him come back and enjoy his three days,” Maddon said. “Knowing him, he’s
competitive and he probably wanted to pitch but I didn’t ask him.”TRAINER’S
ROOMCUBS: Closer Brandon Morrow (right biceps inflammation) threw from 120 feet.
… OF Jason Heyward wasn’t in the lineup after injuring his right hamstring
Thursday night. … 3B Kris Bryant (shoulder) and LHP Brian Duensing (shoulder)
are expected to rejoin the team after the rosters expand on Saturday.UP NEXTRHP
Kyle Hendricks (10-10, 3.86 ERA) starts for the Cubs on Saturday night and RHP
Zach Eflin (9-5, 3.99) goes for Philadelphia. Eflin and the Phillies beat
Hendricks 6-1 on June 5 at Wrigley Field.
