The Phillies start a three-game series tonight with the Los Angeles Dodgers. That means for the first time ever, Chase Utley will face the Phillies.
Utley hasn’t been too bad this year. Hitting leadoff for much of the first half, the 37-year-old Dodgers’ second baseman is .250/.327/.372 with 7 HR and 18 2B. Also, he’s provided guile and veteran leadership for a Dodger club looking to reach the postseason.
Sunday the Phils saw another face familiar to some of us – Jarred Cosart of the Padres, who they traded back in 2010 for Hunter Pence.