Talked to Scott Mathieson after the game. He said he felt a "burning" sensation on his third and fourth pitches. On his fifth pitch, a changeup that struck out Pete Orr, the burning intensified. After his sixth pitch, he decided to tell pitching coach Rich Dubee and trainer Jeff Cooper.Mathieson will undergo an MRI exam today at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. After that, the Phillies will have a better idea of how severe the injury is. For now, they're calling it a sprain.
"Hopefully it's nothing," Mathieson said. "Hopefully it's just inflammation."
We don't want to speculate until after the MRI, but bear this in mind about Mathieson, who is one of the Phillies' top pitching prospects: Between the minors and majors, he has pitched 164.1 innings this season. That's not including the innings he pitched for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic. As a pro, his previous career-high was 131.1 innings in 2004.
"The last month or so, I've had soreness," Mathieson said, "but it's just an end-of-the season-type thing. This all kind of came on today."
Stay tuned for updates on the results of Mathieson's MRI as they become available.
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