Jonathan India took a heater to the calf so hard in last week’s Field of Dreams Game that he ended up in a helicopter en route to a hospital to make sure he wasn’t going to lose the muscle. It was precautionary, of course, but the potential for severity was bad enough that they erred on that side, and while he’s been ‘fine’ since then (relatively speaking), it’s still had him sidelined from playing for the Cincinnati Reds since.
He’s back in the lineup tonight for the Reds second tussle of the series against the Philadelphia Phillies, however, hitting in the #2 spot in the order for the first time in his career.