PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies have avoided two serious injuries in the already thin outfield.
Right fielder Nick Castellanos left Thursday’s 6-4 win against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the seventh with left hip flexor tightness. He felt it while trying to run out a double play ball in the bottom of the fifth. He played defense in the sixth, but felt his hip tightening up. Edmundo Sosa came into the game to play left field. Max Kepler shifted from left to right field. Castellanos after the game called the early exit “precautionary.” He expects to be in the lineup Friday — and extend his streak of consecutive regular season games played to 184.