Chase Utley – Jim Thome rehab in Clearwater

By Eddie Michels on June 4, 2012

Chase Utley drives one. (Eddie Michels photo)

CLEARWATER, Fla.–Phillies second baseman Chase Utley hits a homer to right (top right) on a 3-2

Chase Utley (foreground) listens to Jim Thome, dinner plans? Jorge Valandia in the Middle. (Eddie Michels photo)

pitch to complete a 3-4 day at the plate during an extended spring training game against a Yankee squad at the Carpenter Complex in Clearwater. Utley (right knee) added a single and double to his four at bats where he hit third in each of the first four innings as the DH.

Jim Thome, also rehabs and chats with Utley on the bench. Jorge Valandia leans forward. Valandia is a journeyman SS has played with San Diego, Oakland, the Mets and Tampa Bay is on a minor league contract with the Phils he signed in January of 2009.