Chase Utley isn't going anywhere. He reportedly signed a multi-year extension with the Phillies on Wednesday (see story).
Meanwhile, Roy Halladay will move his rehab to Clearwater, where he'll pitch a simulated game Saturday (see story).
The Phillies, meanwhile, fell to 3-14 afte the All-Star break with a 5-2 loss to the Cubs (see recap).
Here's a wrap of Wednesday around baseball:
Harvey shuts out Rockies
NEW YORK -- Matt Harvey bounced back from a rare loss with his first career shutout — not before giving everyone a scare — and the Mets top position prospect Wilmer Flores drove in his first big league runs with a three-run double, leading the New York Mets to a 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
Harvey gave up four hits in his 33rd career start. He pitched nine innings of one-hit ball on May 7 but New York lost in 10.
Not this time. The rookie third baseman helped make sure of that.
Filling in for injured David Wright, Flores cleared the bases in the eighth against Manny Corpas. Omar Quintanilla and John Buck each had RBI singles off Jhoulys Chacin, who lost for just the third time in his last 11 starts. Flores got his first big league hit and scored on Quintanilla's hit in the second inning.
The Rockies lost for the eighth time in nine games on their 10-game road trip. Colorado played without All-Star left fielder Carlos Gonzalez for the second straight night. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list before Wednesday's game with a sprained right middle finger (see full recap).
Braves win 13th straight
WASHINGTON -- Jason Heyward singled and Justin Upton doubled in a three-run eighth inning Wednesday night in the Atlanta Braves' sweep-capping 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals, a game played nicely by both sides one night after a fastball to Bryce Harper's thigh cleared both benches.
Upton also homered, and Kris Medlen allowed three runs and three hits over seven innings as the Braves won their 13th straight to take a staggering-for-early-August 15 1/2-game lead over the second-place Nationals in the NL East. While Atlanta has a ways to go before it can mathematically clinch, the three-game dismissal of Washington was undoubtedly a psychological clincher that only could be undone by a monumental collapse.
The Braves rallied off relievers Ryan Mattheus and Ian Krol with two outs in the eighth as the Nationals lost their fourth straight and sixth of their last eight. The defending division champs scored only six runs in the three games and are losing hope for an alternate path to the postseason as well, falling nine games off the wild card pace.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 36th save, working out of a jam after allowing a double to Harper and a walk to Jayson Werth with none out. He struck out Adam LaRoche and Ian Desmond, then walked Anthony Rendon before getting Wilson Ramos to line out to right (see full recap).
Davis hits No. 41 in Orioles' victory
SAN DIEGO -- Chris Davis struck out in each of his first two at-bats Wednesday. He flied out with the bases loaded in the fifth.
He certainly made the most of his next opportunity.
Davis hit his major league-best 41st homer in Baltimore's four-run eighth inning, helping the Orioles to a 10-3 victory over the San Diego Padres.
"The thing about Chris," manager Buck Showalter said, "he is so lethal that he may have some bad at-bats, but you never think he's not a swing away from really doing something good for you."
Davis belted a tiebreaking three-run shot into the bleachers in right-center on the first pitch from Colt Hynes. The drive traveled an estimated 453 feet, making it one of the longest home runs in the history of spacious Petco Park (see full recap).