Philadelphia Phillies

The Phillies announced Wednesday that pitcher Phillippe Aumont was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, after a 3-0 win over the Marlins. A corresponding roster move will be announced prior to Friday's game against the White Sox.

Aumont posted a 4.15 ERA in 16 appearances for the Phillies. He struck out 15 batters in 13 innings, while walking 10 and allowing 17 hits.  

Phillies pitcher John Lannan is expected to throw to hitters for the first time May 29, as he continues to recover from a left knee injury at extended spring raining in Clearwater.

Lannan has been on the disabled list since April 18 with a strained quadriceps tendon and has been limited to bullpen sessions.

Phillies starting pitcher Roy Halladay reported to the team's spring training facility Wednesday to begin his post-surgery rehab program, according to MLB.com. Halladay underwent surgery on his right shoulder last week.

Halladay is expected to be out until at least late August. 

Phillies second baseman Chase Utley might need to go to the disabled list because of his right rib injury, according to MLB.com.

Utley iwill have an MRI Thursday when the team returns to Philadelphia. Utley suffered the injury during batting practice Tuesday.

"It definitely scared me a little bit," he said Wednesday. "My first swing I took in BP, I felt something. My second swing, I felt it again. My third swing, I felt it again. After the fourth swing, I realized something wasn't right. That's when I told Charlie [Manuel] I have some pain in my side. He told me to go see [head athletic trainer] Scott [Sheridan]. He took me out of the game."

If Utley has a strained oblique, that could require a DL trip, and the team should know Thursday. He said he felt OK Wednesday, but not much better than he did the day before. Utley has missed 256 games over the last three seasons.

"You want to be careful with these things, because they could linger and get worse if you try to play through it," Utley said. "I think we caught it early enough, but it's hard to know until we have some imaging on it."

Phillies reliever Mike Adams hopes to return from the disabled list before the end of the weekend, but that does not appear to be the team's plan, according to pitching coach Rich Dubee.

"He's throwing fine," Dubee told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "But he needs to see some hitters."

Adams is set to go to extended spring training in Clearwater, Fla., to face hitters in batting practice Friday then in a rehab game Monday. Assuming everything goes well in his recovery from a back strain, he is likely to be activated no sooner than Tuesday.