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Howard Fastest To 100 Homers With 505-Foot Drive

Ryan Howard hit his 100th career homer in his 325th game Wednesday night, becoming the fastest player to reach that total, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Howard's three-run shot off Cincinnati's Aaron Harang gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning. The 505-foot drive was the longest in the four-year history of Citizens Bank Park. It cleared the tall, brick batter's eye, going nine feet farther than Howard's shot over the same wall against Florida's Sergio Mitre last April.

Via AP

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Tigers, Indians And Phillies Not On Gagne's List?

According to SI.com, Texas reliever Eric Gagne has submitted a list of 12 teams that he can be traded to, and it is believed that the Tigers, Indians and Phillies are not on the list.

Via Detroit Free-Press

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No Surgery For Garca, Could Return

Freddy Garcia won't have surgery and could pitch again this season for the Phillies.

Garcia met Wednesday with noted orthopedist James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., to get a second opinion on his injured right shoulder. The Phillies said Monday that the righthander had "pathology" in the labrum [cartilage] and fraying of the rotator cuff.

Andrews concurred with the Phillies' diagnosis, and the club said in a statement yesterday that Andrews and the Phillies were "in complete agreement that a conservative approach should be taken in regard to Garcia's injury."

Via Philadelphia Inquirer

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