"That's out of my control," Kendrick said Sunday after allowing five runs and seven hits in the Phillies' 6-2 loss to Milwaukee. "Yeah, I've been pitching bad, but I pitched good in the beginning of the year. That stuff is out of my control. I just have to go out there and get guys out."
Worley, a third-round draft choice in 2008, opened this season at double-A Reading, where he went 9-4 with a 3.20 ERA in 19 starts. After pitching a scoreless ninth inning against Colorado in his major-league debut July 24, he was sent to triple-A Lehigh Valley, where he went 1-3 with a 3.77 ERA in eight starts.
"We had a couple options, and he's been up here and [the Marlins] haven't seen him," manager Charlie Manuel said when asked about pitching Worley in the first game of the doubleheader.
Manuel did not rule out that Kendrick's job could be in jeopardy.
"I haven't talked about that at all" with pitching coach Rich Dubee, Manuel said. "As we go down this month, we'll definitely start talking about our rotation. When we start getting some days off, we'll kind of see where we are at."
Worley, who will be added to the roster Monday with Lehigh Valley lefthander Nate Robertson, was not available for comment after the Phillies announced his Monday start.
Mathieson's return
Jimmy Rollins walked by Scott Mathieson Sunday morning and assured the pitcher that he would not be on the 48-hour program during his second stint with the big-league club this season. Rollins was referring to Mathieson's first big-league recall in June, when he spent two days with the Phillies and made one appearance.
Mathieson made his second big-league appearance Sunday. Despite allowing a walk and a single, he pitched a scoreless eighth inning. In the ninth, he allowed the first two batters to reach base on a walk and a single before Manuel turned to righthander Jose Contreras. With Contreras on the mound, Milwaukee scored an unearned run that was charged to Mathieson.
