D-backs’ Zac Gallen (groin), Ketel Marte (leg) depart recreation vs. Phillies

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona DiamondbacksAug 10, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Ketel Marte (4) reacts after a collision with Philadelphia Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs (21) (not proven) at second base within the fourth inning throughout a recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies at Chase Discipline. Obligatory Credit score: Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports activities

The Arizona Diamondbacks misplaced two key gamers throughout Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia Phillies in Phoenix.

Beginning pitcher Zac Gallen exited the competition within the fifth with an obvious groin harm, leaving one inning after All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte departed with an obvious left leg harm.

Gallen appeared to tweak one thing after he dodged Bryce Harper’s run-scoring groundout throughout the mound that minimize Arizona’s result in 2-1.

Diamondbacks trainers and supervisor Torey Lovullo got here out to look at Gallen, who promptly exited with out throwing a warmup pitch. Gallen left after permitting one run on 5 hits over 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out three.

The fitting-hander entered Saturday 9-5 with a 3.75 ERA for Arizona, which is 15-5 for the reason that All-Star break.

Marte was damage whereas masking second base on Garrett Stubbs’ two-out double within the prime of the fourth. Stubbs slid headfirst into the bag and rolled over Marte’s decrease left leg as Marte utilized a late tag.

Marte remained down for a couple of seconds as a coach and Lovullo attended to him. Marte was in seen ache as he stood up and gingerly retreated to the dugout amid MVP chants from the Arizona crowd.

Kevin Newman took over for Marte, who hit his thirtieth dwelling run of the season within the first inning and walked within the second. Marte additionally has 81 RBIs this 12 months and is batting .299.

–Discipline Degree Media