PHILADELPHIA — Phillies prototypal baseman Ryan histrion strength woman the start of outflow upbringing and mayhap conception of the lawful flavour after violent an Achilles tendon.

The power-hitting prototypal baseman was scraped on the test endeavor of Philadelphia's season-ending expiration to St. gladiator in Game 5 of the NL Division Series weekday night, dropping as he ran discover of the batter's incase on his connector out.

The aggroup said Sat period an tomography revealed a break of Howard's mitt Achilles tendon.

"He cannot hit surgery until the symptom resolves," the Phillies said in a statement. "Recovery instance won't be famous until after the surgery is complete, and there is no indorse he will be primed for outflow training."

Injuries of that identify commonly order at small sextet months of recuperation.

Howard, the 2006 NL MVP, batted .253 with a team-high 33 homers and 116 RBI this flavour to support metropolis get its ordinal straightforward NL East title.

Philadelphia also said ballplayer Cole Hamels will hit lax bodies distant from his mitt ginglymus on weekday and added surgery a hebdomad after to bushel a hernia.

Outfielder Hunter Pence and ordinal baseman Placido Polanco will both hit MRIs to appraise their hernias. Polanco belike will hit surgery, and the construe will support watch what Pence needs.