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PHILADELPHIA – Maybe every the metropolis Phillies needed was to wager Chase Utley backwards in the roster to recover up their slumping bats.

Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco and Raul Ibanez homered to backwards Cole Hamels, and the Phillies handed the metropolis Reds their sixth straightforward loss, 10-3 on weekday night.

Utley returned after absent the prototypal 46 games with a correct articulatio injury. The five-time All-Star ordinal baseman was 0 for 5, the exclusive official without a hit.

His teammates did every the damage.

"I don't know if it was his presence or not, but somebody did something correct so we'll provide him credit," trainer Charlie Manuel said.

A struggling offense that had figure runs compounded in the previous sextet games scored figure by the ordinal inning.

That was more than enough for Hamels (6-2). He allowed threesome runs and fivesome hits in sextet innings. The someone is 8-0 with an 1.23 ERA against the Reds, including a five-hit shutout to complete a running in terminal year's divisional playoff series.

"Him being around gets guys agog and gives us a newborn energy level," Hamels said of Utley. "It's enthusiastic to wager him."

Reds official Bronson Arroyo (3-5) allowed figure runs and 10 hits in 2 2-3 innings. His ERA chromatic from 4.11 to 5.28. It was Arroyo's poorest move since allowing octad runs in threesome innings against San Diego on April 23, 2010.

Jay doc impact a three-run bingle for the Reds, who haven't lost this some in a bed since descending octad straightforward from July 28 to August 4, 2009.

"We meet impact to intend backwards on track," Reds trainer Dusty Baker said. "That's digit life in a bed we went to the cell early and we can't ready doing that."

All eyes were on Utley long before the prototypal pitch. Television cameras centered on Utley during stuffing training and pregame warmups. He modify had a rare discourse with reporters on the field.

A sellout gathering of 45,841 — the largest in the lawful flavour in the eight-year story of Citizens Bank Park — gave Utley a rousing standing credit when he came up in the first. Fans stayed on their feet modify after the prototypal pitch. He flied discover to center.

"I place in a aggregation of hard impact to intend to this point," Utley said. "I'm meet bright to be discover there."

Polanco followed Utley's prototypal at-bat with a two-run intend to mitt for a 2-0 lead. Polanco remained in the No. 3 hole in the roster patch Utley batted ordinal instead of his customary spot.

The Phillies chased Arroyo with seven runs in the third, sextet reaching with digit outs. Ibanez had an RBI single. After Domonic Brown lined to mitt for the ordinal out, Evangelist Mayberry Jr. delivered a two-run single. Hamels followed with an RBI single. Rollins then impact a three-run effort discover to correct to attain it 9-0.

"It's definitely pleasant to reason together as a group," Ibanez said. "Hopefully it helps us physique momentum. It's enthusiastic to wager (Utley) discover there, to impact him backwards in the lineup. He's a Brobdingnagian part of our team. We definitely uncomprehensible him."

Bruce connected in the fourth, touch his team-high 12th bingle off the right-field dishonor pole.

Cincinnati's character Frazier struck discover in his prototypal career at-bat pinch-hitting in the seventh, but it was a memorable field league debut. On his prototypal swing on the prototypal movement he saw, the bat flew discover of Frazier's safekeeping and landed in the prototypal bed of the stands every the artefact downbound the left-field line. It didn't impact anyone.

Notes: The Reds dispatched past All-Star right-hander Edinson Volquez to Triple-A before the game. Volquez won 17 games as a rookie in 2008 and started Game 1 of the NLDS vs. metropolis terminal year. .... Phillies RHP Joe Blanton will wager renowned specialist Dr. saint Andrews for a ordinal instrument on his scraped elbow. ... The sellout was the 162nd straightforward at Citizens Bank Park, including postseason play. ... The seven runs in the ordinal were a season-high in an play for the Phillies. ... Arroyo lapse to 1-6 against the Phillies. ... doc is 11 for 18 with threesome homers in his terminal fivesome games.

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