Utley continues to be a thorn in Mets’ side

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NEW YORK — As if Chase Utley hadn’t alienated all of New York just from being a pesky Phillie, he sealed his stature on the city’s enemies list last postseason with the slide that broke Ruben Tejada’s leg in Game 2 of the National League Division Series.

So, as manager Dave Roberts said, it was “only fitting” that Utley briefly silenced the Citi Field crowd with a tying three-run double in the top of the ninth inning of a Friday night game the Dodgers would lose in the bottom of the frame on Curtis Granderson’s walk-off homer, 6-5.

“With the expectations of this series, some of the things being said or written, he’s kept an even …

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