Trea Turner exits with a strained hamstring as the Phillies fall to the Marlins

Scott Lauber, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sep 7, 2025

Published in Baseball

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MIAMI — Trea Turner didn’t reach for the back of his right leg or come up limping at first base.

But he knew something was wrong.

“It was just kind of grabbing on me,” he said later. “Didn’t feel good.”

So, Turner made a swift right turn and headed into the dugout. The diagnosis: a strained right hamstring, and suddenly, a 5-4 loss to the Miami Marlins wasn’t the worst thing to happen to the Phillies here Sunday.

The severity of the strain wasn’t immediately disclosed because the Phillies were still assessing it after Turner’s seventh-inning exit. The team announced during the game only that Turner will be further evaluated.

But this much is relevant: Turner missed six weeks last season with a strained left hamstring. And it took even longer for him to get back to being the athletic dynamo that has reemerged as an MVP candidate this season.

So, as the Phillies (83-60) open a four-game series at home Monday night against the Mets (76-67), they will have the same seven-game cushion in the division that they possessed when they squared off in New York two weeks ago.

They just might not have their leadoff-hitting shortstop.

Turner was in the midst of another do-everything game in the series finale against the Marlins. After starter Taijuan Walker gave up four runs in the first inning, Turner hit a leadoff homer in the sixth to slice the Phillies’ deficit to 4-2.

It was 4-3 in the seventh when Bryson Stott waged an 11-pitch at-bat to draw a two-out walk. Turner came to the plate and reached on a throwing error by Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez.

And then removed himself from the game, taking with him a league-leading .305 average and 179 hits in 140 games.

Last month, the Phillies lost their best pitcher for the season, as Zack Wheeler awaits surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. Now, they must hope Turner heals quickly.

The Phillies pocketed wins Friday night and Saturday, clinching their third consecutive series victory since the Mets swept them in New York two weeks ago. But the Marlins jumped Walker in the first inning, batting around and grabbing a 4-0 lead.

Lopez delivered the big swing, a three-run homer on a hanging slider. With two out, Walker gave up a single, a walk and an RBI single to Maximo Acosta.

Walker almost didn’t get out of the first inning, with the Phillies getting Max Lazar loose in the bullpen. But he survived and retired 15 of 18 batters through the next five innings to give the Phillies a chance to come back.

The Phillies ran themselves out of a potential rally in the fourth inning. After Bryce Harper legged out a double with a considerable assist to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr., who threw to the wrong base, he was tagged out when he broke from second base on a grounder to shortstop. Later in the inning, Brandon Marsh got picked off at first base.

Trailing by two runs in the ninth inning, the Phillies brought the go-ahead run to the plate. Kyle Schwarber, the Phillies’ other MVP candidate, delivered a two-out RBI single to make it 5-4 before Harper grounded out.

So, the Phillies won four of six on the road, even as Harper went 5 for 25 and Schwarber 3 for 22. And now they’ll wait to see how much time Turner will miss.