Forget the Chase Utley at third base experiment.
And don’t expect to see young slugger Darin Ruf get a lot of at-bats in the next two weeks.
The Phillies are not dead yet.
Despite an almost unexplainable swoon over the weekend in Houston that saw them drop three of four to the Dis-Astros, the Phils again righted the ship last night in New York.
They got eight strong innings from Cliff Lee and home runs from Jimmy Rollins and Domonic Brown as they outdueled 18-game winner R.A. Dickey.
The win puts the Phillies three and a half games back in the chase for that elusive new second Wild Card spot, with 15 games left to play.
The Phils have almost no room for error. It would behoove them to win out, as unlikely as that seems.
But they are alive.
CLICK HERE for Dennis Deitch’s take on last night’s game.
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