Charlie Manuel told reporters after Thursday night's loss to the Braves that Shane Victorino was replaced by Jayson Werth in the lineup in part because Victorino left Spring Training with a stiff back.
The other rationale was that he felt the right-handed Werth was a good matchup against southpaw Chuck James.
Manuel also said that the benching had nothing to do with the base-running error in the latter stages of Wednesday's game.
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