PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley has undergone hip surgery, a procedure that will keep him off the baseball field for up to six months.
Phillies officials said Utley had the operation Monday on his right hip. Doctors said the procedure -- an arthroscopic debridement of the labrum -- went as expected. However, they also said a recovery period of four to six months was still in line, so Utley could be sidelined through May 2009.