PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There weren’t any minced words when J.T. Realmuto ended up taking a shot to the groin area in the ninth inning of a tie ballgame. As expected, it took the Philadelphia Phillies catcher a while to get up.
Realmuto eventually did recuperate and got back in his catching position behind the plate. The crowd of 40,632 chanted “J.T.” as he alleviated the pain, not recalling much of the conversation when he got hit in that area.
“I honestly don’t remember,” Realmuto said with a smile. “Paul [Phillies trainer Paul Buchheit] was just telling me to breathe. Breathe, breathe, breathe. I just kept saying ‘I’m trying, I’m trying!’
“I was in a lot of pain there. After a while, it started to go away.” 
Realmuto didn’t have much time to shake off the pain in the Phillies’ 2-1 10-inning victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday night, needing to get Matt Strahm out of a situation with two runners on base and no outs. The two were able to get Willy Adames to fly out, strike out Rhys Hoskins with runners on the corners, and cap the inning with Gary Sanchez flying out to Johan Rojas.
