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Philadelphia Phillies All Star second baseman Chase Utley and starting third baseman Pedro Feliz (FAY'-leez) will undergo surgery within the next week.

Utley will have hip surgery next week and could resume baseball activity in three to four months. He was bothered by a right hip problem during the season, but still managed to lead all second basemen with 33 home runs and 104 RBIs.

Carlos Ruiz hit a tiebreaking home run in the second inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 2-1 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in a World Series Game 3 that started following a 91-minute rain delay and became a late-night affair.

With the Series tied at a game apiece, Chase Utley's RBI grounder in the first inning for the Phillies was offset by Gabe Gross' sacrifice fly in the...

Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and Cole Hamels pitched out of trouble several times, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-2 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays after six innings in the World Series opener Wednesday night.

Carl Crawford homered for the Rays and Akinori Iwamura had an RBI double in the fifth, his third hit of the game.

1. The most important Dodger in the NLCS may turn out to be Hong-Chih Kuo, their lockdown lefthanded reliever who is needed against the balanced Philadelphia lineup.

Los Angeles had no need for a lefty against the righthanded-heavy Cubs; the Dodgers played Chicago 10 times this year without having a lefthander throw a single pitch.

But with Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, switch-hitters Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino and bench players Greg Dobbs, Geoff Jenkins and Matt Stairs, the Phillies present big-time trouble from the left side.

Minnesota's Justin Morneau was selected for All-Star Home Run Derby, completing the eight-man field for Monday night's contest at Yankee Stadium.

He joins Tampa Bay rookie Evan Longoria, Texas' Josh Hamilton and Cleveland's Grady Sizemore from the American League.

The NL derby lineup has Houston's Lance Berkman, Milwaukee's Ryan Braun, Florida's Dan Uggla and Philadelphia's Chase Utley.

Home run leaders Chase Utley and Grady Sizemore, and major league RBIs leader Josh Hamilton are among the players who will be in the All-Star home run derby.

Lance Berkman and Dan Uggla also will be in the July 14 contest at Yankee Stadium, the commissioner's office said Monday.

Utley entered Monday with a major league-leading 24 homers for Philadelphia, and Sizemore topped the AL with 22 for Cleveland.