darren ruf is one of those guys. he is a power hitter on the roster but still trying to find his way to an every day line up. >> it is tough but at the same time you learn to, you know, respect the role you are in, to, you know, try to be as successful in that role as possible and, you know, it is a long season, stuff can change. >> ruf is trying to change his position on this team. he is a situational player to every day starter. phillies called this a rebuilding year. so this is the time for ruf to prove he can be an every day player and provide pop in the line up that just can't consistently hit. in 22 career starts, he had a ops of 848 but he is still finding himself struggling to get in the line up. but even a good performance doesn't come easy to him. >> ryan said earlier in the spring training he looks at pitch their day and puts out best line up that he sees. hopefully i can be part of the line up that he sees, you know, doing something well and winning a game at the even of the day. not that day, i mean, tha

darren ruf in left jeff francoeur in right. hopefully giving offense a boost. fightins were held to three hits in the eight to no, sir loss. >> come out firsthand and be ready to go definitely, out there, you know, we gave monday, so today, we want to come out, on fire. definitely. tougher line up. we will try to set fire works off. >>> sixers playing wizard tonight their final four games of the season will be against teams in the playoffs. >>> the flyers are off tonight hosting hurricanes tomorrow. last night brayden schenn scoring with 2.1 seconds left in the third to give flyers a five-four win. brayden has been playing well since moving to the top line four goals and three assists in the last four games. jake voracek who has been a big influence. >> i like to follow in his footsteps of being a cop cyst tenth player and, you know something we have to work at and try to work towards. >> masters start tomorrow, today was par three tournament. check out jack nicholas on number four 130-yard par three, land behind the pin check out backspin and it rolls on in. >

the jerome williams on the hill for fightins ryan howard and freddie galvis are out, darren ruf and caesar hernandez are in. >>> sixers final game of the season is tonight against miami. sixers have 18 wins and will finish with at least third worst record in the league. miami what's limb nateed last night. the if the sixers win they are not going to get the miami's first round pick . very interesting to see how this game turns out. >> well, even a loss doesn't guarantee it, they need help from brooklyn and coin toss. >> not thaw are following too closely. >> the building continues for sixers. we will see how it goes. >> we will >>> chopper three is hive over the second brush fire of the day this one in northeast philadelphia, it is burning at academy and torey roads. snow word on how this fire started but we do know a red flag warning is in effect for much of the the area and that means that these fires can be harder to fight. >> absolutely, it is warm, dry, windy, it is the season and this is what we see right through summer time. >> we will keep an eye on this and update you. in the mean

with the nationals ryan howard back in the line up but he is hitting seventh, in the clean up and darren ruf batting eighth. cole hamels is on the hill looking for his first win of the season. last week against nationals he went seven innings giving up one run on two hits. in the last three seasons, cole hamels has had a 2.4 one era against washington but five and four record. >>> sixers season finally is over. they finished with 18 wins that is one less than last season. next big date on the sixers's character may 19th when nba holds the draft lottery. sixers had third worst record. brett brownies happy that the season is over. but when will his team be a contend are for the nba championship. >> we just to have keep focused and in the blink and move along as we said we were gonna. i feel if we can do that next year will be a step for. i try to built something it is hard. i say this it is not a video game. this is the nba. >> union looking for back to back wins begins new york city fc. they have their first win against the club on saturday with the last minute goal they will get a chance to

ryan howard, darren ruf batting clean up and playing first. vin lay calf yah has been rule out foresees on finally for senators. lacavalier did in the return to the third period have after his fight with low,e making his debut in front of the kevin low, president of the operation are to oilers. >> i believe it was his first game and trying to do anything he can, in the heat of battle will, you don't necessarily know who it is. he cross checked him. he was on the ice. maybe he saw his numbers. things happen heat of battle. you know you respect him for coming in and having two fights in his first game. it is obviously not a fun thing to do. >> meanwhile rest of the team, holding light practice in voorhees this afternoon. final work out of the season and their final game tomorrow against ottawa. >>> well, masters is quickly turning into the jordan speak show. he made history shooting a 66. he is 14 under for tournament after two round which is april augusta record. final two round of the masters can be seen right here on cbs-3 this weekend. >>> w

game tied at three codey asche's single brings in darren ruf. asche had two rbi's on the night. game tied at five in the ninth inning. two outs, ben reveer channels his inner greg luzinsky. he wins it. phillies scored three in the ninth. phillies seven pirates five. >> walk off is a walk off. nice to be here at home. for the fans came out i liked how the guys battled back after getting down early. >> monday cole hamels will start opening day for phillies against boston. hamels always fully expect to be pitching in this park on monday. he just didn't specify which team he thought he would be pitching for. lefty's name has been link to the red sox in trade rumors all winter long. hamels is waiting to see what happens just like the rest of us. >> i am fortunate enough to play baseball and do it for as long as i can and that is all i can hope for. whoever really wants me to pitch and go out and help a team win that is all i can go out and do. >> the flyers season is quickly drawing to a close. they visit carolina tomorrow. this will be their last road game of the season. the the the

a loss in extra innings to the ballpark, yesterday, all right, thinks darren ruf this is seventh inning, he is pinch hitting with the phillies down two -one after ryan hurt struck out four times. home run ties it up at two. phillies go on in the tenth inning, jake diekman puts runners on base, jason fratus wild pitches a run in. jordan spieth. he is unbelievable. birdie here at 15. he was 19 under at one time. never less than a three stroke lead in the final round. this is this is really beautiful. watching a guy walking up 18. he knows he is the chapel a beyond. people know it. he knew it after that final putt. jordan spieth, 18 under, 21 years old, a record number. that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> all right howard. lets talk about jordan what do you say. >> can you believe it, he was just 21 he won masters and set the record, my gosh. he is from dallas. >> he is from dallas, texas. >> but he has local advertisement his parents were saukin valley high school. saw them there the in the video. >> he played baseball at lehigh university. he was in nature bit on sunday. ev

that is darren ruf phillies down two-one, he is pinch hitting, hit home run to tie it up two-two.yan howard struck out four times yesterday against washington. the the tenth inning jake diekman puts runners on and just continue defratus wild pitches the runner in. phillies lose four-three. >>> masters has a new champion to augusta national jordan spieth, this guy is unbelievable. when he hit a bad shot he recovered. it went 19 under. never less than a three stroke lead in the final round. led bias many as five. walk up to 18 dramatic. fans are waiting for him because he is this years, champion, of the masters. the final putt, jordan spieth at 21. that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> pennsylvania can claim that victory by jordan spieth the by the the way. >> he fridays here good his parents are from there. he went to saukin valley high school will. >> high school sweethearts. >> they are both sports stars in their own right, in fact, reading an article here, that shawn played baseball at the lehigh university that is the dad, chris played basketball at moravian college

to the ballpark yesterday, all right, this is darren ruf, this is the seventh inning. he is pinch hitting with the phillies down two-one have after ryan howard struck out four times. home run ties it up at two. jake diekman puts runners on base and justin defratus pitches them in. masters has a new champion to augusta, georgia. that is jordan spieth. he is unbelievable. birdie here at 15. was 19 under at the one time. never less than a three stroke lead in the final round. this is really beautiful. watching a guy walking up 18. he knows he is a champion. he knew it after that final putt. jordan spieth, 18 under, 21 years old a record number of bogeys. that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> did you hear the local connection with jordan spieth. >> you talk about it. >> his parents, high school sweethearts here in pennsylvania. >> we will have more on that coming up on "good day philadelphia" later today. he was raised in dallas, texas. they decided to raise his family there. >>> if you love rice crispy treats and don't we all wasn't that the highlight of child

xavier zdeno comes into the game and darren ruff -- darin ruf takes the pitch out of the world.o shot thankfully. now tied 2-2 and that's the bullpen for you, kimberly. but laettner extra innings, nats would catch aak. it's a wild pitch and you know escobar would make his way home. nats would score one more run in the 10th and win this one 4-3. >> it's a big win for us. max pitched really well again and it's good for us to come through late. it's important for us to create those opportunities and we know that you know, it will dictate that we're going to come through on occasion, those situations too. so happy about that. >> o's and blue jays, rubber match in baltimore. travis snider can't time it out right. that's an error. blue jays would score three runs. o's trail 6-2 after that. it's ok though. good things would come. good things for snyder at least. how about a little redemption right here in the fifth. he smacks this one, three-run shot. o's get within one. score 8-7, blue jays with the lead still though. but in the eighth jose bautista, that's a two-run shot. blue jays t