Sunday’s Spring Recap and Injury Updates

The Phillies lost in extra innings to the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-3, however there were some positive notes from Sunday.

First, Brad Lidge said that he will be able to throw to live hitters during batting practice on Wednesday.  He could appear in a minor league game on March 15.

Shane Victorino, who is nursing a sore shoulder, will not make the trip to tomorrow’s game at Tampa.  However, Charlie Manuel said that there is a chance that Victorino could play on Tuesday night against the Atlanta Braves.

Now back to the game.  Domonic Brown continues to make spring highlights.  He went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in.  He grounded into a key double play, but since he has seven hits in the last three games, we’ll let it slide — for now.  The other run came off the bat of Jimmy Rollins: a solo home run.

J.A Happ pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks.  Phillippe Aumont managed to make it through 2.2 innings without surrendering a run, bouncing back from his poor outing against Florida State University.  On the other hand, Joe Savery and Yohan Flande each struggled.