Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper is out of the lineup for the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader against the ...

Harper's X-rays were negative and he suffered a right elbow contusion according to MLB.com's Mark Bowman. After the hit by ...

PHILADELPHIA — The Atlanta Braves were plenty concerned Thursday after pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver said he “felt a pop” in his ...

Fans holding grudges is one thing; Philadelphia adores Harper, rightfully so, and an injury scare to a star player is exactly ...

Braves pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver suffered an arm injury against the Phillies and needs an MRI after getting pulled early.

Rob Thomson was encouraged by Harper’s progress since he took a Spencer Strider fastball to the arm Wednesday night.

And if Strider wasn't public enemy No. 1 in the City of Brotherly Love already, he certainly was just a short while later, when he drilled Bryce Harper in the elbow with a 95-mph fastball. Harper was ...

Philadelphia star Bryce Harper left a game in the first inning after he was hit near the right elbow by a 95.3 mph fastball ...

“Whenever your top hitters, or your best hitter, gets hit like that," Phillies ... from Atlanta Braves' Spencer Strider during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in ...

Edmundo Sosa pinch ran for Harper and stayed in the game at third base. Alec Bohm moved to first base. Harper was 3 for 16 (.188) lifetime in the regular season against Strider. Strider made just ...

372/.450 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs through 53 games this season. And the Phillies can only be relieved that it appears their star's injury scare was nothing serious, just like Strider was.

“Whenever your top hitters, or your best hitter, gets hit like that," Phillies manager ... a 95.3 mph fastball from Braves starter Spencer Strider. Harper sustained a bruise, and an X-ray ...