Rehab

Robert Gaddy pitched five shutout innings as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons defeated Syracuse, 3-0, in the International League last night. The game was called after 4 1/2 innings, and the second game of a scheduled doubleheader was rained out. Lenny Dykstra completed an injury rehab by going 1 for 2 with a double. Dave Hollins, also finishing a rehab, threw out a runner at the plate from right field in the third inning. READING 7, CANTON-AKRON 4 READING, Pa. - Catcher Tommy Eason slammed two homers and knocked in four runs as Reading won the Eastern League contest.

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora will not be joining the band on its next tour, which begins tonight in New Orleans, because he's entering rehab. Spokesman for the band said he "recently has been drinking too much and wants to get his life together. " Sambora is missing out on some choice scratch. Bon Jovi was the biggest touring act of last year, raking in a whopping $201 million in ticket sales. Hey, Jon Bon Jovi , Lady Tattle is sure she can feather her hair in a Sambora-esque manner if you're looking for a replacement.

Shane Victorino, on a rehabilitation assignment for the Phillies, went 1 for 3 last night in Reading's 3-2 Eastern League win over Connecticut. Camden 6, York 2 L.J. Biernbaum and Brett Bonvechio homered in the opener at Campbell's Field.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The Phillies' Shane Victorino, on the disabled list with a strained right calf, went 1 for 5 with a double and run in a rehab start in Lakewood's 5-1 victory last night over the Hickory Crawdads. Victorino was the BlueClaws' designated hitter. Catcher Rod Barajas, also on the DL with a strained right groin, was hitless in three at-bats. Ottawa 5, Buffalo 3 OTTAWA, Ontario - Joe Thurston's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth helped the Lynx down the Bison in an International League game.

Phillies righthander Curt Schilling pitched five shutout innings yesterday at Jack Murphy Stadium. The fact that the stands were empty, of course, means little here. But the fact the batting cage was up and the lineup Schilling faced consisted solely of Randy Ready and Tony Longmire confirmed that, yes, it was only a simulated game. Only a simulated game. And, in its own way, the biggest game Schilling had pitched since his electrifying performance in Game 5 of the 1993 World Series.

Phillies righthander Vicente Padilla had been scheduled to return to the Phillies rotation on Friday in Boston. If everything went well last night in Moosic, Pa., that is. It appears it didn't. Padilla, who has been on the disabled list since May 30 with tendinitis in his right biceps, made a rehab start for triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, but left the game after just 33 pitches with elbow soreness. He will be evaluated today. There was no other information available, and it was not clear how the soreness might affect his return.

Phoenix Suns forward Charles Barkley said critics of his summer work ethic are off base and there is no reason for him to apologize for having some fun while spending the offseason in Philadelphia. Barkley, who thought about retiring all of last season because of chronic back trouble, said he worked hard in the offseason, but also had some fun. "I didn't neglect my rehab," Barkley said yesterday. "I told them I was going to Philadelphia and do it, and that was the final decision.

At first it seemed like a great way to promote low- and moderate-income housing: Float millions of dollars in bonds, use the money to make low-interest loans to small private developers and community non-profit groups, then make sure they keep the rents low, from $250 to $350 for a two-bedroom apartment. The goal: to rehab 1,000 properties of one to four units within three years. But 14 months later the official in charge of the Redevelopment Authority's $35 million Small Rental Properties Program admits, "I had no idea it was so complicated.

A REP FOR Lindsay Lohan released a statement yesterday: "Lindsay admitted herself to an intensive medical rehabilitation facility on Memorial Day. Because this is a medical matter, it is our hope that the press will appreciate the seriousness of the situation and respect the privacy of Lindsay as well as the other patients receiving treatment at the facility. " That's what it's come to for the cute, red-headed, freckle-faced kid from "The Parent Trap. " In an astonishing downward spiral, Lindsay has gone from top-of-the-world princess of Hollywood (after 2004's "Mean Girls")

Mike Grace ranked among the National League leaders in wins, winning percentage and opponents' batting average against when he was placed on the disabled list with shoulder problems on June 7 last year. Based on the way he pitched in his first rehab start for Double A Reading against Trenton last night, there is a chance he could be activated before the first anniversary of that dark day a week from Saturday. Grace, who was on a pitch count, went four innings and threw 58 pitches, 33 for strikes.

St. Mary Medical Center, in Langhorne, said it will build a $20.5 million, 50-bed acute rehabilitation hospital in partnership with Centerre Healthcare Corp., of Nashville, Tenn.   The new rehabilitation facility will go up on the site of the former Neshaminy Middle School across the street from St. Mary's main campus.   When the new facility is completed next spring, St. Mary will convert its existing 31 bed rehabilitation unit into one with private rooms for patients in the main hospital, St. Mary said.

Delmon Young took another step in his quest to become the Phillies' starting rightfielder when he donned a Clearwater Threshers uniform Sunday. His official minor-league rehabilitation assignment started, and if the initial results are any indication, improvement is needed. The first Lakeland Flying Tigers batter hit a fly ball toward Young. It landed for a triple. Young could have limited the hitter to a single had he taken a better route, said two officials who attended the game in Lakeland, Fla. In the seventh inning, Young committed a fielding error that allowed a runner to take an extra base.

Can you imagine a drug-and-alcohol rehab that costs only $4,000 a week? I mean, that's less than some of us spend on pedicures! Alas, poor little ex-rich girl Lindsay Lohan has been forced to go bargain-basement with her court-appointed rehab stint. The New York Daily News says LiLo, who must report to a rehab by May 2, plans to stay at a Long Island facility that costs half as much as her last dry-out tank, the Betty Ford Center. LiLo put a happy spin on things in a chat with David Letterman . "I think it's a blessing . . . and not a curse," she said.

Jeff Dunham , world-famous puppeteer and, more important, creator of Achmed the Dead Terrorist ("Silence! I kill you!"), has been the target of Twitter death threats recently, according to Dunham and the police. Now, TMZ is reporting that L.A. police got a warrant to search Twitter's records and trace the tweets ("You have approximately 4 months b4 death . . . CHOOSE what you WILL do b4 you DIEEEEE . . . " or "YOUR NEXT ON MY LEEST ... Guess who's outsideeeee"). We're told they are satisfied they have "neutralized" the malfeasant tweeter and Dunham is no longer in danger, although what that means, who it was, what's going on, and so forth, we dunno.

Philadelphia author and former Inquirer reporter Buzz Bissinger (Harry Gerard Bissinger III) on Tuesday checked into an undisclosed rehab facility to seek treatment of an addiction to clothes shopping. Bissinger says he has been in the grips of his obsession for three years, spending more than $587,000 on sartorial purchases, most notably leather outfits from Gucci. Bissinger, 58, best known for his 1990 high school sports chronicle Friday Night Lights , which spawned a film and a TV series, checked into the center after posting a sprawling 6,000-word essay about his addiction on GQ magazine's website ( www.gq.com )

Temple University Health System is delaying a major renovation at its financially struggling Jeanes Hospital and will close an inpatient rehabilitation unit there in May. The decisions come as Temple reported a $35 million operating loss in the six months ended Dec. 31, up from $23.5 million the year before, excluding the Fox Chase Cancer Center, which Temple bought over the summer. "The operational headwinds that we encountered in the first two quarters are certainly related in part to a significant amount of change at the health system," said chief executive Larry Kaiser, who was hired two years ago to financially stabilize the system, the biggest provider of care to poor Philadelphians.

Gossip professionals are under attack this week, targeted by celebs who slam us for distorting the truth. Miley Cyrus is mad over rumors she's split up with sweetheart Liam Hemsworth because she's been seen without her engagement ring. She says the bauble is out for repairs. Her pal Evan Rachel Wood tweets her support: "The fact that we live in a world which condones the stripping of basic human rights . . . of people because of their status, is very sad to me. " Yep, I've always dreamt of trampling on Wood's human rights!

ATLANTA - Lou Williams was always perpetual motion. Whether bopping to a song while sitting at his locker, jumping up and down on the sideline before a game or anxiously shaking his legs back and forth while sitting on the bench at the beginning of a contest, Williams always was trying to expend his plentiful amount of energy. The motor, for now, is idling. On Jan. 18, Williams, formerly of the 76ers and now with the Atlanta Hawks, tore the ACL in his right knee, shelving him for the rest of this season, at least.

Antonio goes for a run on the treadmill and gets a massage twice a week. But he'd rather chase a ball anytime. This peppy, personable golden retriever is having fun again, thanks to veterinarian Rebecca Fulton, massage therapist Lisa Madison, and canine rehabilitation practitioner Mary Alice Tolen. Antonio is a patient at V-Crest, the canine rehabilitation facility Fulton founded in Sewell four years ago and moved last month to Moorestown. The practice typically treats about 20 dogs, large and small, old and young, each week.

INDIANAPOLIS - Like his brother, Travis Kelce is working back from an injury. Kelce, the Cincinnati tight end who is one of the better prospects at that position in the upcoming draft, underwent offseason sports hernia surgery and isn't working out at the NFL Scouting Combine. Jason Kelce, the Eagles' center, tore his ACL in the second game of the 2012 season. Both are expected to be fine for the 2013 season. "I tore it probably around Week 3. During the season, just played on it, played through it, got through the season," said Travis, the beardless Kelce.