Back to the Philadelphia Phillies Newsfeed

Chase jams: Utley hits slam in return to Philly

PHILADELPHIA -- The fans had already seen what they came for. They had greeted Chase Utley upon his return to Philadelphia with a standing ovation of nearly 90 seconds. And Utley had returned the favor with a home run and subsequent curtain call in the fifth.

But Utley has never settled for adequate. When he dug in with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, there was a reason jokes wafted through Citizens Bank Park that, Hey, wouldn't it be so stereotypically Utley to park a ball here?

Then he did.

The fans, for the fourth time on the evening, went wild.