Herrera benched for lack of hustle

DETROIT - It's not often a player gets benched after notching three hits in four at-bats.

In the seventh inning of Monday's eventual 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers, however, Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera was removed from the game for not running out a ground ball, manager Pete Mackanin explained.

"He didn't run," Mackanin told reporters, according to ESPN's Katie Strang. "One of the ingredients to our success to this point is the fact that these guys play with energy, they play hard, and we're training them to play the game the right way. And not running is not the right way. And that's why it's more important for me to set that tone than to take our best hitter out of the lineup."

Mackanin, the only manager Herrera has played for since debuting with the Phillies last year, said this wasn't an isolated incident, either.

"I've seen it in the past, and it's been trickling in," Mackanin said. "I just, I didn't like it, and I just made a decision."

After explaining his decision to the 24-year-old, Mackanin said Herrera understood his mistake.

''He was very matter-of-fact about it. He knows he should've run,'' he said. ''It was nice to see, as I was approaching Herrera, Ryan Howard walked up to him and told him to make sure he runs that stuff out.''