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- Updated: June 1, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper said his right knee still felt as sore when he arrived to Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday afternoon as it did after Monday night’s game against the Phillies.
Harper was out of the Nationals’ lineup for Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Phillies, still feeling the effects of a right knee contusion after he was hit in the knee by a fastball from Jeremy Hellickson. Harper planned on riding the exercise bike and getting some treatment before the game, but the Nationals will play him Tuesday night only in a case of emergency.
“Maybe he can do the Kirk Gibson,” Baker said before the game. “But other than that, we’re going to try stay away from him, and then we’ll make an …
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