Clouds over the grandstand at Coca-Cola Park.Utley, Howard, and Werth tonight went one for eleven, which is pretty much what they have been doing during this 16-game-and-heading-for-infinity slump. Howard had the lone hit, which kept the Phillies from being shut-out for the sixth time during this stretch. Utley continues to look lost and unlike himself. Werth is swinging at anything low and away or high and inside. And looking ugly doing it. The Phillies will continue to sink while these three flounder. Plain and simple.
With the 27th pick in tonight's MLB draft, the Phillies took Jesse Biddle, a lefthanded pitcher from Germantown Friends School.
Just to round things off, Jimmy Rollins is basically no closer to a return. He is heading for Clearwater and more rehab when his mates go on the road this weekend.
