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.
Tonka: You should be ashamed of yourself. What an ignorant, thoughtless, and stupid remark. By saying something like that, you don't define the players (Howard) but you define yourself.— craigaa52- As some of you mention our pitchers don't retaliate because the manager sucks. At the very least he should have pushed the issue until warnings were issued to both dugouts. Ruiz getting thrown at after suffering that concussion had to make an impression on him. When are we gonna play baseball instead of HR Derby. everything we should be doing we don't do and it will come back to haunt at the end of the year.— Wally 24
- Phillies are going to Marlins next after off day on Monday. Braves v. Mets on Monday nigth.— unclecharlie
- ;eron and outraged are idiots. Yeah, Halladay didn't want Lee here. Where did you make up that fantasy, smoking dope in your basement? The things that people dream up. Must be lonely out there.— mike l
- Tonka is a numbskull Get well Ryan.
- "The Phillies are off Monday before opening a three-game road trip in New York against the Mets." Uhhhhhh, according to my schedule they're playing in Miami next, against the Marlins. Then they're playing the Mets at home on Friday...— my3cents
- Get it right Daily News !!! Correction.Phils do have Monday off but are in a plane now heading to Florida to play the Marlins not the Mets. The Mets series is this upcoming weekend in Philly starting Friday night.— mdcasino
- "Stick it in his ear"...great Gene Mauch line!— Bob1
- Hey Dave, they're playing the Marlins next. Mets next weekend at home.— TerryW
- Two different players Jroll and The Piece......all The Piece does is stand at 1st base and wait to get a ball he can throw away. Jroll's whole game evolves around his speed, his hitting, his fielding, his baserunning. Howard could get physical therapy for two days, put on a simple ankle brace and do fine. It might even help him ion his slump to just stand there and not overswing, especially on the slow breaking stuff......he was actually in a mini slump of sorts, this should help.— Mark1npt
- was it a high ankle sprain or not? if it is, he's done at least a couple weeks... but hey, the braves first baseman has been hitting .150 for about the last month, so dont give up just yet... what is it about second base? victorino, utley and how howard all hurt at that bag..... by the way, john lannan must die.... people on here are delusional, though..you think roy required cliff lee to be traded for him to agree to come here?— jim715
- We are having a tough year with injuries but we can't use that as an excuse. I sometimes wonder how we would have prevailed last year if the Mets (who lost 14-1 to Arizona today) hadn't been decimated by injuries. We are just going to have to gut it out. We're only 2.5 games out of first and 3 back in the Wildcard Race with a lot of baseball left to play.— NGDelCountyFlyers4Ever
- Why don't Phillies pitchers retaliate when our guys are thrown at. Are they chicken?— Justaschmuck
- That John Lannon is making a habit of injuring our star players. He's the one who hit Utley with a pitch and knocked him out of the lineup back in 2007. One of these days there's going to be some major payback.— SteveS11
If they can stay within shouting distance of the wildcard into September, these injuries may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. The starters will be rested and primed to play full on when it matters most. IF they can keep their heads above water until then...
