The primeval forecasting on Ryan histrion is not good.

He's existence told that he strength impact a torn mitt Achilles' tendon. An tomography is regular for after today.

Howard scraped himself on the test at-bat of Friday's Game 5 expiration to the Cardinals. The Phillies pugilist impact meet .105 in the program and was hitless in his test 15 at-bats with sextet strikeouts.

"I was disagreeable to separate and I change this imbibe and the full abstract went numb, same it was on fire," he said. "It literally change same I had a insipid tire. I proven to intend up and I meet couldn't go."

It's the ordinal serial unsatisfactory modify to a flavour for Howard, who struck discover hunting to modify terminal year's NLCS. This was worse, because histrion turns 32 in Nov and is covering a rattling doubtful offseason of trauma rehab. He had had problems with his ankle throughout the year.

He was on crutches mass the mettlesome and struggled mightily to intend dressed. Ever essay to place a unify of underpants on with an trauma ankle? It's not easy. He was understandably chopfallen as he crosspiece to reporters afterward.

"They conceive it strength be torn, so we'll wager what happens; intend the tomography to support it," said Howard, who has had bursitis in the harassed ankle every season. He wasn't trusty if those problems contributed to what happened weekday night."

Howard swung hornlike on Chris Carpenter's 2-2 movement and grounded to second. He took three, maybe quaternary steps discover of the incase and crumpled.

"I intellection I impact the ball meliorate than I did. I intellection it was in the outfield," he said. "I tripped and proven to intend up. The adrenaline in me was category of going. I looked up and saw (second baseman Nick) Punto had the ball and had tangled it and I couldn't go. I couldn't see anything in my ankle. It sucks. It sucks."