Carlos Ruiz

PHILADELPHIA—A relaxed Carlos Ruiz slumped in the cushy, rotating chair parked in front of his locker. He peeked at his cell phone, then his iPad. A few minutes passed. He rose, grabbed a bat and headed for the batting cages. With the Phillies catcher’s activation from the DL Tuesday, two clocks are ticking...

The Phillies have placed catcher Erik Kratz on the 15-day disabled list with a left knee injury.  Steven Lerud is up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take Kratz's roster spot. Kratz came up limping after he tried to beat out a ground ball to begin the ninth inning...

Ryan Howard received a cortisone shot in his left knee on Sunday and Carlos Ruiz was diagnosed with a Grade two strain of his right hamstring and is expected to miss three-to-four weeks.  Plus, pitxher Mike Adams was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right back strain...

Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz and first baseman Ryan Howard will have MRIs on Monday. Ruiz will miss Monday's game at the Miami Marlins after straining his right hamstring Sunday in a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Ruiz, who said he felt a "pop" while running the bases in the second inning had to be removed from the game...

The Phillies reinstated catcher Carlos Ruiz from suspension today, Humberto Quintero was DFA’d to make room on the Phillies’ active roster. It's been a major blow to the Phillies, who have come to rely on the veteran catcher's improved offensive production and handling of the pitching staff and threw out a career-best 34 percent of attempted basestealers in 2012...

Ben Revere handled it as best as his bosses could've asked. When talking Thursday about hitting somewhere other than leadoff spot for the first time this season, and that somewhere being all the way down the Phillies lineup at the seven spot, the 24-year-old was visibly disappointed...

Phillies (6-7) at Cincinnati Reds (6-7) First pitch at 7:10 p.m. So, things haven’t exactly been going well for the Phillies in the clutch lately. First, there was the offense with men on and/or in scoring position for, say, Games 1 thru 8...

PHILADELPHIA—Erik Kratz couldn’t have been the problem on Monday. And Humberto Quintero wasn’t the solution. Roy Halladay, making his second start following an injury riddled season and question packed spring, lasted just 4 innings against the New York Mets in a 7-2 Phillies loss before the Citizens Bank Park crowd...

That Carlos Ruiz will miss the first 25 games of 2013 isn't what's most troubling about the announcement Tuesday that he was suspended for using amphetamines. Of those, 16 will be against non-2012 playoff qualifiers. Erik Kratz, the fastest catcher ever to hit eight home runs, is a more than capable spell for the meantime...

Staring down a three-run hole as early as the third inning in the latter part of Sunday's day/night doubleheader, the Phillies (69-71) strung together six runs over three innings for a 7-4 winner over the Rockies (56-83).