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Franco flips into camera well, exits game

PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco suffered a scary fall into the camera well along the third-base line in the eighth inning of Tuesday's nightcap against the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.

He eventually emerged and walked to the Phillies' dugout on his own.

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But not before he flipped completely over the railing and fell hard into the well. Third-base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt and Phillies players immediately waved for help from the Phillies' dugout. Pedro Florimon entered the game at shortstop. Asdrubal Cabrera moved from shortstop to third.