Philadephia ? Chase Utley makes two costly throwing errors, and suddenly he’s being mentioned with Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblauch.

Utley’s fielding gaffes were the talk of the town when the Philadelphia Phillies returned home Saturday after splitting the first two games of the NL championship series at Los Angeles.

Game 3 is tonight in soggy Philadelphia, weather permitting. The forecast calls for showers all day, and it’s expected to be 42 degrees at game time. Cliff Lee starts for the Phillies against Hiroki Kuroda.

The weather will make it tough to grip the ball and make accurate throws. Utley, a four-time All-Star second baseman, had enough problems throwing to first in sunny L.A. The Phillies overcame his blunder in Game 1, but it hurt them on Friday.

Trailing 1-0, the Dodgers got their first two runners on in the bottom of the eighth. After failing to put down a sacrifice, Russell Martin then hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Pedro Feliz. It was a routine double-play ball except Utley’s relay throw sailed wide of first. Instead of two outs and a runner on third, the Dodgers had a run and one out. They went on to score again and held on for a 2-1 victory.

Utley typically wasn’t around to speak to reporters during Saturday’s one-hour, open clubhouse session.