THE PLAYOFFS Utley getting groove back The Phillies all-star belts a homer to one-up former UCLA...

by Benjamin Hochman The Denver Post , The Denver Post had been hitting so badly - how bad was he? - he was hitting like Garrett Atkins. Entering Game 3 at Coors Field, the Phillies' all-star second baseman was just 22 for his past 122 at-bats (.180), but Utley busted his slump Sunday, the same night as did the Rockies ' Atkins, the best man in Utley's wedding. In the ninth inning, Utley came up with perhaps the team's biggest hit - sure enough, it was an excuse-me roller that hit his leg - down the first-base line, moving Jimmy Rollins to third base with just one out. Ryan Howard hit a sacrifice fly on the next at-bat to drive in the winning run. "It might have hit me," Utley said. "My body was numb out there, but nobody said anything, so I ran hard. I've been on the wrong end of that." Utley finished 3-for-4 with a walk in... [read full story]                    

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