On the eve of Strasburg-mania gripping Coca-Cola Field, the injury bug sunk its teeth into the Buffalo Bisons roster.
A long night that featured an hour and 58-minute rain delay, 11 pitchers not named Stephan Strasburg and the ejection of a hurler with seven strikeouts in the fourth inning, the Bisons fell to the Syracuse Chiefs, 6-3.
More important than the final score, however, was the players that had to be removed from the Herd line up during the contest -catcher Josh Thole and infielder Daniel Murphy.
Thole's exit came just four batters into the night. Josh Whitesell swung and missed at an offering from Buffalo starter Bobby Livingston and his bat caught the Buffalo backstop upside the head on the follow through. Thole walked off under his own power, but had to be replaced by J.R. House.
Then, after seven innings and nearly a two-hour rain delay, Murphy suffered his injury while trying to turn a doubleplay. Syracuse's Leonard Davis slid hard into second base to break up the play and caught Murphy in the right leg. After getting up onto his feet, Murphy was helped off the field by his teammates.
After the game, Bisons manager said Murphy was pretty banged up on the play. He also said that Thole would not start on Thursday, but thinks he'll be alright.
BISONS NOTES: Valentino Pascucci hit a pinch hit solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. It was Buffalo's first pinch hit homer since Michel Abreu accomplished the feat on May 26, 2009 against Lehigh Valley...The Bisons rain delay on Wednesday night was their first rain delay all season at Coca-Cola Field...Five Bisons pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts on the night.
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