Raul Ibanez received an injection Tuesday for his sore left groin. Ibanez will need to rest for the next couple of days, so we likely won't see him back in the starting lineup until this weekend. John Mayberry Jr. and Ben Francisco should see playing time during his absence.

Raul Ibanez was scratched from Monday's lineup against the Mets due to groin soreness. The severity of the injury isn't yet known, but they obviously aren't going to take any chances. John Mayberry Jr. will take his place in left field Monday night against the Mets.

Raul Ibanez went 0-for-4 against Livan Hernandez and company in Friday's loss to the Nationals. Ibanez is just 8-for-53 in August and he's yet to homer. The Phillies need to start giving more of his playing time to John Mayberry Jr.

Raul Ibanez had a monster game against the Pirates on Sunday, homering twice before driving in the game-winning run with a walkoff double in the 10th inning of a 6-5 Philadelphia victory. He plated four total runs. One of the streakiest players in baseball, Ibanez will finish July with a .284 average after hitting .211 in June, .315 in May and .167 in April. Hopefully that pattern doesn't hold for August, or Ibanez might finally find himself out of the Phillies' everyday lineup.

Raul Ibanez went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI on Sunday, helping the Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Padres at home. Ibanez is now up to 50 RBI on the season, 16 of which have come in July. That's highly unlikely to be enough to stop the Phillies from pursuing Carlos Beltran, however.

Raul Ibanez went 2-for-5 with a home run and six RBI on Sunday, leading the way as Philadelphia whitewashed the Braves with a 14-1 win at home. Ibanez scored Chase Utley on an error in the third before singling home two runs in the seventh and hitting a three-run homer in the eighth. The six-RBI day gives him 47 total at the All-Star break. His triple slash remains an ugly .241/.287/.416, however.

Raul Ibanez slugged a walkoff solo homer in a 3-2 win over the Braves in 10 innings on Friday night. He smoked a 2-0 pitch off Scott Proctor into the right field seats to send the Philadelphia faithful home happy. Ibanez finished the evening 2-for-5 and has collected extra-base hits in each of his last three games. Still, while the 39-year-old had a nice month of May, he's been one of the worst regular outfielders in baseball this season.

Raul Ibanez doomed the Red Sox and starter John Lackey on Wednesday evening, going 3-for-3 with a home run, double, two RBI and a stolen base in a 2-1 Phillies victory. Ibanez is now 22-for-57 (.386) lifetime against Lackey, which makes it all the more curious the Red Sox didn't pitch around him in the seventh inning, where he hit what would prove to be the game-winning homer. Ibanez's first multi-hit effort in seven starts was just his fourth three-hit game of the season.

Raul Ibanez struck out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning of Philadelphia's 12-2 loss to St. Louis on Thursday. Time might be catching up to to the 39-year-old Ibanez, who has four runs, three RBI, and zero homers in 69 June at-bats. He put together a very impressive May, so he is still capable of turning things around. But temper expectations.