The Phillies won, 3-1, and Burrell said he felt fine afterward.
"I think it's like anything else," he said. "If you have a little flare-up with something, you've got to stay on it and keep after it so it doesn't stay a problem. It's been something I've had to deal with before. But I don't want to take anything away from what happened today and the way Cole [Hamels] pitched. I'm fine."
Eaton goes home
The Phillies sent righthander
Adam Eaton home rather than have him pitch in the Florida Instructional League or remain with the team. He stayed with the team last season even though he did not make manager
Charlie Manuel's postseason roster.
"He couldn't help us," assistant general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "Charlie felt, and the staff felt, that he wasn't pitching effectively enough to be part of our postseason roster."
Rudy Seanez and fellow righthander Kyle Kendrick, who is pitching in the instructional league, would be the team's first choices if there is an injury to someone on the 11-man pitching staff.
Eaton is in the second year of a three-year, $24.5 million contract, which has been an utter failure. Eaton went 10-10 with a 6.29 ERA last season, and 4-8 with a 5.80 ERA this season. He also went 0-5 with a 7.02 ERA in five minor-league starts. He is owed $9 million in 2009, which includes a $500,000 buyout.
Asked about Eaton's status in the organization, Amaro said that the Phillies "really haven't discussed his future here yet. He's still on our 40-man roster. He's still in our organization. We'll see how things shake out during the course of the off-season."
But Amaro said he doesn't have any reason to believe Eaton won't be with the team in spring training.
"But again, we haven't had a formal discussion about it," he said.
Seanez out
The Phillies chose lefthander
J.A. Happ to be in their bullpen over Seanez, who went 5-4 with a 3.53 ERA in 42 appearances.
