Ryan Howard listed as day-to-day with ankle injury
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Ryan Howard listed as day-to-day with ankle injury
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
Updated -- 6 p.m.
The Phillies say Ryan Howard is day-to-day with a badly sprained ankle. They are hoping to avoid a disabled list situation.
The Phillies are off Monday before opening a three-game road trip in New York against the Mets.
“He's going to be OK,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “I don't expect him to miss very much time. If anything, he might miss a day or two. We're off tomorrow. He might miss Tuesday or Wednesday, but he could very well be in the lineup on Tuesday. It's going to be a short period.”
Howard said after the game he was still in a considerable amount of pain.
“Right now it's just swollen,” Howard said. “It's tight, it's sore. Other than that, it's not too, too bad.”
Updated - 3:01 p.m.
Word from the clubhouse is that X-Rays on Howard's sprained left ankle were negative, meaning there was no fracture, which is obviously good news. That being said, Jimmy Rollins missed three weeks with a sprained ankle in 2008.
Howard also had X-Rays on his right elbow, where John Lannan hit him with a pitch to put him on base. Those were also negative.
No word on whether Howard is day-to-day or whether a trip to the DL will be in order.
Howard's only DL stint in his career came in May of 2007, when he missed 15 days with a left quad strain.
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The last thing the Phillies needed was to see Ryan Howard limping slowly off the field while supported by manager Charlie Manuel and athletic trainer Mark Andersen. But that was the sight in the first inning of today's game against the Washington Nationals after the star first baseman landed awkwardly on second base and fell to the dirt in obvious pain.
The official diagnosis was a left ankle sprain, although there is no indication as to the severity. Howard had the ankle X-Rayed, but there is no immediate word on the results.
Ben Francisco had dropped a single into right field, scoring Jayson Werth from second base. Howard rounded second, but scrambled back to narrowly beat the throw.
Cody Ransom replaced Howard at second base after he was helped off the field. Ransom later scored on a single by Domonic Brown.
Howard, back in the line-up after a day off, reached base after being hit by Nationals lefty John Lannan. Howard is 0-for-13 in his last three games and 5-for-31 since pushing his batting average to .303 on July 22. From June 17 to July 22 he hit .347/.400/.719 with 11 home runs.
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Raul Ibanez was scratched from today's lineup with a sore left wrist, although the Phillies say the injury is not serious and that precautionary X-Rays revealed no structural damage.
Ibanez landed awkwardly on the wrist while attempting to make a diving catch last night. He was originally in the line-up for this afternoon's game against the Nationals, but was scratched and replaced by rookie Domonic Brown.
Ibanez is hitting .352/.456/.557 with a .992 OPS, 4 home runs, 15 RBI and 18 runs in his last 24 games.
they can get by with anyone except this guy. He carries them this time of the year. Just a ridiculous year for injuries. Ridiculous— seaonasdad- what a nightmare series— robm0202
- White Flag— tburt17
- Maybe Ruben should have worked on getting a dependable bench player and closer instead of getting a cortisone shot needed starter to replace the one that Halladay probably insisted be traded in order for him to come to Philly. I'm just saying.— outraged32340
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- Even a bad sprain at this point would be devastating. It could be weeks before he can play. There isn't anyone on this team who can replace his production at this point in the season. Not to mention sitting out so long will hurt his timing. Too bad this happened after the deadline, they could have saved getting Oswalt until next season.— kmon
- Can someone start praying?— SlinkTMP
- Tonka are you kidding me? Have you seen the work your all-star, superstar, first baseman has done? This is the same guy who got you a World Series Championship? A little respect, don't ya think?— Pastor Lee
looked bad, will be out 3-4 weeks i bet— primo- Tonka, what are you talking about? Ryan is among the leaders in Major League Baseball!!!!!— flphilly
- Don't get upset, Pastor. Tonka obviously know a lot about stupidity. One can only speculate about fat and drunk, but I would like to take those odds to A.C.— Bob1
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- Tonka = Troll— WheezeKid
- It doesn't matter if the manager doesn't pinch hit in the right situation, letting Valdez hit with men on base and rookie Brown faced a lefty (twice) with men on. Today, he opted not to bunt the runners with over with men on first and second and nobody out in the 5th and Francisco next, who is swinging a hot bat. WTF.— EL Zorro
