CINCINNATI (AP) -Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips plans on trying to play with a hairline fracture of his right thumb.
Phillips, who has an NL-leading 27 RBIs this month, was hurt while fielding Grady Sizemore’s sharp grounder that ended the eighth inning of Saturday’s 7-6 Cleveland win. He immediately left that game and sat out Sunday while getting further examinations.
Phillips hopes to try playing with the injury, he said.
“I just need to give it a couple of days,” Phillips said after Cincinnati’s 4-3, 11-inning win on Sunday. “It is really swollen right now. I’ll think about the next step when it gets here, after the swelling goes down.”
Phillips has hit .350 (28-for-80) with five home runs in May, boosting his overall average from .188 to .275.
“We’re going to wait a couple of days,” manager Dusty Baker said. “He might be available.”
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