Phillies pay heavy price for Trea Turner’s electric scoring play against the Giants

On Friday night, in the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants, star shortstop Trea Turner made an electric running play in the bottom of the fourth inning. After reaching base on a single to right field with two outs, Turner promptly stole second to get himself into scoring position for Bryce Harper.

Then, this happened:

Giants catcher Tom Murphy, who entered the game after starting catcher Patrick Bailey had to leave the game earlier with blurred vision in the second inning, was a bit lacklustre in pursuing the passed ball he just had just given up. In doing so, it allowed Turner to aggressively turn on the jets and speed all the way home from second on a close sliding play at home plate.

The Giants challenged the call, but the original safe call was upheld. The bang-bang play put the Phillies up 4-2. The exciting scoring feat by Turner, which scored the eventual game-winning run, will no doubt be shown in highlight reels for years to come.

Phillies pay heavy price for Trea Turner’s electric scoring play

However, the amazing play came at a potentially huge cost. Turner was later removed from the game in the top of the fifth inning in favor of Edmundo Sosa due to what the Phillies called left hamstring soreness, per MLB.com's Todd Zolecki.

Looking back at the replay, Turner does walk slowly back to the dugout after getting up from his slide at home. Unfortunately, the apparent injury resulted from his daring scoring play.

According to Tim Kelly of Phillies Nation, Turner spoke about his left hamstring after the game. The shortstop expects to miss "at least a couple days." The Phillies should know more on Saturday after further testing.

If Turner ends up missing an extended period, it would be a huge blow for the Phillies. He has been one of the team's hottest hitters, compiling a .343 batting average with a .852 OPS, 27 runs scored, 10 doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and 10 stolen bases in 33 games.

Hopefully, the injury isn’t serious, and Turner will be back in the lineup soon to continue leading the Phillies' offensive attack.