Darin Ruf

PHILADELPHIA -- Another gem by Phillies starter Cole Hamels was nearly wasted again. Darin Ruf hit a solo homer in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie and lifted the Philadelphia Philliesto a 3-2 victory Sunday and three-game sweep over the Atlanta Braves...

Domonic Brown will begin a rehab assignment Monday at Low-A Lakewood.  Brown has been sidelined since July 23, when he suffered a concussion while diving for a ball. Brown has been symptom-free for four days and passed an ImPACT concussion test on Wednesday, so he's slowly ramping up baseball activities...

Ryan Howard needs surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee and will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks. For Howard, the pain became too much. The Philadelphia Phillies put their slugging first baseman on the 15-day disabled list Saturday because of inflammation in his left knee - today they announced he needs surgery to fix his knee and will miss 6-8 weeks...

Ryan Howard was scratched from the Phillies' lineup and placed on the 15-day disabled list with left knee inflammation.  Laynce Nix will start at first base tonight against the Braves and the team recalled Darin Ruf from Triple-A Lehigh Valley...

According to a tweet from CBS baseball writer Danny Knobler, the Phillies were very close to pull the plug on the Delmon Young experience and calling up Darin Ruf. However, seven hits the last three games have bought Young a little time...

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...

Consider the Babe Ruf experience on hold. About 20 minutes after crushing a walk-off home run in the Phillies 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves at Bright House Field, the left field hopeful was optioned to Triple-A, according to Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly, who reports that GM Ruben Amaro said Ruf will play five times a week in left field and once at first base for Lehigh Valley...

From Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly comes word from Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, on the status of outfielder Delmon Young and progress of outfield hopeful Darin Ruf. On Young: Doctors checking up on his surgically repaired right ankle said it looks good, and greenlit him to start running on a treadmill...

With Phillies spring training heating up in earnest, so too will be interviews that provide cuts and quotes from players that fans love to dissect and make assumptions about. For instance, how differently Darin Ruf and Domonic Brown answered the "what do you have to work on...

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