When did John Belushi join the Phillies?

Remember the classic scene from “Animal House” where the Delta House guys are sitting around dejected because they’ve been booted out of school. Belushi goes off on his “it’s not over” rant.

That’s the Phils.

Last night they were staring down the barrel of another brutal loss to the Mets. They watched as their ace, Cole Hamels, didn’t have his best stuff, giving up 11 hits as the Phils fell into a 4-1 hole.

But they didn’t fold their tent. Instead, Chase Utley and Jayson Werth took things into their own hands.

Werth saved the game in the botttom of the 10th with a diving catch on a liner into the right-center gap.

Then Utley came to the plate and smashed his second homer of the game into the right-field seats.

Bottom line? The Phils took what seemed like a sure loss and turned it into a win.

They are once again three games up on the Mets, assuring they will leave New York with no less than a two-game cushion after tonight’s finale.

This team is never out of a game, even when they get less than a stellar effort from Hamels.

Earlier in the game, Utley may have set the defiant tone for the Phils when he got into something of a testy exchange with Mets starter Mike Pelfrey. Utley stepped out when Pelfrey was ready to pitch. Pelfrey waved his arms and told Utley to get in the box. After Utley grounded out sharply, the two came brushed past each other and exchanged angry glances as they left the field.

Maybe the Phils should start calling Utley “Belushi.” Over? It’s not over ‘til Chase Utley says it’s over.

As Mike Pelfrey and the Mets learned last night.