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May 7, 2008 - 10:04PM
Updated: May 8, 2008 - 12:06AM
Diamondbacks take one on the chin
Comments | RecommendJack Magruder, Tribune
It was hardly a birthday Conor Jackson will cherish — he received a mouse under his right eye, a headache and some feelings of nausea after a collision at first base Wednesday. That was just the beginning of an eighth inning the Diamondbacks would just as soon forget.
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Shane Victorino reached first base on a strikeout and a passed ball after running into Jackson, and Eric Bruntlett and Chase Utley followed with run-scoring hits as Philadelphia scored twice for a 5-4 victory at Chase Field.
“They hurt. Any one-run game you’re in the lead and lose … you come out and play again tomorrow,” Arizona manager Bob Melvin.
Jackson’s injury may force the D-Backs to make a personnel move, inasmuch as Orlando Hudson was unable to play Wednesday while taking treatment for a strained right hamstring and is expected to miss several more games.
“You go two less on the bench, it’s difficult to do,” Melvin said.
Jackson’s injury occurred when he was struck on the lower right side of his face while attempting to field a throw from catcher Chris Snyder, after Victorino swung and missed at a slider that bounced away from Snyder to open the eighth.
Victorino and the ball arrived at first base as Jackson stretched to take the throw, and on the TV replay it appeared that Victorino’s batting helmet struck Jackson in the face.
Jackson lay face down on the field for several minutes, although he said he never lost consciousness.
“It was kind of a fluky play,” said Jackson, who had given the D-Backs a 4-3 lead with a double in the seventh, his second hit.
“It’s the eighth inning, and it’s a guy you don’t want on base with a one-run lead. Just playing the game, and he’s playing the game, too. It’s nothing you could have done. Besides a headache right now, we’ll see how I feel tomorrow. I plan on being in the lineup.”
Victorino scored on Bruntlett’s double into the left-field corner off Chad Qualls (0-3), and Utley singled to center.
“I’m sure it will leave a mark on one of us,” Victorino said. “I’m feeling it a little bit. I hope he’s feeling better tomorrow.”
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