Jenkins on the DL
The Phillies have placed Geoff Jenkins on the 15-day disabled list.
Jenkins on the DL
Todd Zolecki
The Phillies placed rightfielder Geoff Jenkins on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hip flexor. To take his place on the 25-man roster, the Phillies purchased the contract of infielder Andy Tracy from triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Jenkins was hitting .246 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 284 at-bats.
Tracy, who hits lefthanded, was hitting .288 with 21 home runs and 84 RBIs for the IronPigs. He hit .224 with 13 homers and 41 RBIs in 263 at-bats in parts of three seasons with the Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies. He hasn't been in the majors since the end of the 2004 season with the Rockies.
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I know this has been said many a times now, but Carlos Ruiz is just terrible. Horrible at bat with Blanton hitting behind him. Got pitches to hit too. And he is just terrible defensively. NEED MORE COSTE!— czawie- I have no idea what Ryan Howard is thinking or seeing at the plate. He had virtually the entire left side of the infield open, a 3-0 count (or maybe it was 2-1), and the best he could do is hit a very weak ground ball to second? Again? This typifies where the frustration comes from...players refusing to learn, refusing to give in and do the correct thing. It's only four innings so there is obviously time, but as of yet the Phillies have zero hits. I see your point Mark1 about using/not using speed on the bases. Usually in that situation, with your cleanup hitter up, you wouldn't steal, but here, with the way Ryan has struggled all year, maybe a steal attempt should have been made.— MrPhillie
- Who'd have thunk it? Ruiz with the 1st hit and Chase putting a good swing on a tough pitch to drive him in...Jstroll needs to look at the video of his ABs from this game to see that he's swinging like Pete Incaviglia and pulling his head off hittable pitches, instead of just putting it in play as a single.....looks like he fell in love with his slugging avg from last year to me.........he is and was always meant to be a singles/doubles hitter.....that's how he needs to play to shut Phillie fans up......Willie Stargell he ain't.— Mark1npt
- Everyone, relax. The offense has been a lot better the last couple of games, tonight we're facing a good pitcher. Kuroda has been like Hamels for the Phils, good stuff but not much run support, the reocrd does not show how good he is. Sometimes you have to win low-scoring games-let's not nitpick each AB. Whatever or however, it is a tie game after five and we can get within 1/2 game of the Mets with a win. Hang in there and ride it out! GO PHILS!— KMG
- KMG......Kuroda is not THAT good........serviceable as a #4-5 starter, yes.....#4-5 should not be throwing a no hitter into the 5th against this team....— Mark1npt
- Howard makes the best defensive play of his career then swings at pitches not even close to being strikes.....is he looking at the ball at all? Does he know what the strike zone looks like? Pitiful, pitiful, pitiful.— Mark1npt
- Howard makes the best defensive play of his career then swings at pitches not even close to being strikes.....is he looking at the ball at all? Does he know what the strike zone looks like? Pitiful, pitiful, pitiful.— Mark1npt
- Mark- I know he's not Cy Young but he's a good major league pitcher. They aren't going to score 10 runs every night, as we've learned in July/August-if they get two, let's hold the Dodgers to one- uh/oh, having a bad thunderstorm here in San Antonio and we just lost our cable, time to turn on the XM radio.— KMG
- 2 run Madsen's at it again...making something out of nothing....has Kent 0-2 ang then gives up the tie breaking hit.....oh well, to look on the positive side like everyone would like me to, atleast it was only a single and 1 run......instead of his customary 2.......— Mark1npt
Thank you once again, Ryan Madsen.— bobby- 2 hits thru 8 innings is not a good ratio for a ML team, unless you're the KC Royals......not the Phillies, not in this ballpark, not against this pitching......this wasn't Koufax or Drysdale we were facing tonight.— Mark1npt
- Anybody else notice that Howard got his uniform dirty twice tonight, then went in and changed tops for a clean one in the 7th? Even my son said that was not what a real "baller" would do.....can you see Utley, Victorino or anyone else on this team doing that?— Mark1npt
- Keep on rolling those wrists over Ryan, that's working real good for you......atleast your uniform looked nice and white on TV!— Mark1npt
- Rollins and Howard are lookin' real, real bad right now. UPDATE: As I write, Feliza comes through big YES! Back on point, Howard changing his uniform was pretty lame. Now if Jimmy can come through... down 1-2... even at 2-2... and a weak grounder to first. Not good. But hey, we're still alive. Go Phils!— bobby
- Shocking stat of the night: Rollins has an OBP of .242 when leading off an inning, that's the worst, not of all leadoff hitters, but of ANY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE. Wow, that's bad.— bobby
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