SAN FRANCISCO - Jeff Francoeur had a flight to catch to get back to Atlanta, where he’ll celebrate his daughter’s second birthday. Darin Ruf was heading back to Philadelphia on the charter flight. Justin De Fratus was heading down the coast to his offseason home in Southern California while Chase Utley was sticking around in San Francisco, where he’s made a home in recent years.
It’s fair to say everyone in the visiting clubhouse, no matter where they were headed on Thursday afternoon, was eager for a break. The Phillies had just wrapped up one of the worst first halves in the long, losing history of the franchise.