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Phillies’ Trea Turner exits game against the Mets with a bruised elbow, but will play on Tuesday

Mets reliever Reed Garrett hit Turner’s elbow with a pitch in the top of the seventh. Turner stayed on base, but was removed from the game a half inning later

Phillies shortstop Trea Turner had to leave in the seventh inning in the second of Saturday's two-game doubleheader series with the Mets due to a bruised elbow. agcatches the baseball during a New York Mets steal attempt on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 in Philadelphia.
Phillies shortstop Trea Turner had to leave in the seventh inning in the second of Saturday's two-game doubleheader series with the Mets due to a bruised elbow. agcatches the baseball during a New York Mets steal attempt on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 in Philadelphia.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer
    by Alex Coffey
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NEW YORK — Trea Turner was removed from Game 2 of Saturday’s Phillies-Mets doubleheader with a bruised left elbow, according to the Phillies. Both Turner and Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he is doing fine, and will be ready to play by Game 1 of the National League Wild Card series on Tuesday. The decision to take him out was merely precautionary.

Mets reliever Reed Garrett hit Turner with a pitch in the top of the seventh. It just barely missed his elbow guard, hitting his tricep. Turner stayed on base, but was removed from the game a half inning later.

“It got me kind of in a weird spot,” Turner said. “I kind of had a little bit of a dead arm. Felt like I couldn’t move it very well. But I feel better now after getting some treatment. Just going to be a little sore but I should be good.”

Turner won’t play in Sunday’s season finale, but he will play in Tuesday’s playoff game.

After struggling to find his footing for the first half of his 2023 season, Turner hit his stride in the month of August, slashing .333/.376/.685 with nine home runs. He brought his hot streak into September, and with the exception of a five-game hitless streak from Sept. 19-23, has stayed consistent. He’s hit .298/.359/.574 this month with seven home runs.