He badly wanted to watch his Korean countrymen play Japan in the World Baseball Classic championship Monday night, but he also needed rest before an important Grapefruit League start Tuesday against the Blue Jays at Dunedin Stadium.

Park tried to fall asleep early, but couldn't so he started watching the game on TV. After he watched a few innings, he turned it off. But he still couldn't fall asleep. He turned it on and off again a couple more times until he finally took a sleeping pill, which knocked him out cold. He woke up in the morning to learn Japan had won in 10 innings, 5-3.

"Every time I watched, we pitched OK," Park said during a 7-6 victory over the Jays. "Every inning I didn't watch, we gave up runs. I think it's my fault. I should have watched the game the whole time."

Park, who is competing with J.A. Happ for the fifth spot in the Phillies' rotation, allowed four hits, three hits and one run and struck out seven in four innings. Park caught a couple tough breaks. Two runs scored in the second inning when Kevin Millar dropped a double on the right-field line. Another run scored in the third when a ball got caught in the wind and got away from Chase Utley.

It was Park's first start since March 15, when he tweaked his left hamstring.

"At first I tried to be a little bit careful or something like that, but after the first or second inning it felt normal and I loosened up," Park said. "I didn't worry about it. It felt good."

Phils general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. and pitching Rich Dubee liked what they saw. Park is 1-0 with a 2.87 ERA in four Grapefruit League starts. Happ is 0-0 with a 3.17 ERA in six appearances.

"The decision we make will come down to the wire I think," Amaro said. "We're all just gathering information and hopefully we'll make the right decisions on how we'll proceed. There are still some questions to take care of, with our bench, with our bullpen, with our rotation, so it's a puzzle we have to put together. Hopefully we'll get it right."

Park will make the team either way. Either he is a starter or he is a reliever. Happ's situation is less clear. He pitched out of the bullpen last season, but would he be better served starting in Triple-A Lehigh Valley if he doesn't make the Phils' rotation?

"I think [Happ is] a possibility in the bullpen for us," Amaro said. "I don't think we can shut down that possibility if he's not in the rotation. He was a part of the bullpen for our World Series team, so if we have confidence enough in him doing that at that stage of the game, then we should have confidence in him doing that if we get to that point. But none of those decisions have been made or finalized."

If Happ is not in the rotation or bullpen, Philadelphia would have only one left-hander, Scott Eyre, until J.C. Romero returns from his 50-game suspension.

"It's not about having two left-handers in the bullpen necessarily," Amaro said. "It's about having the right people in the right spots and making sure we put the right group together.

"If Park is in the rotation at the outset, that doesn't necessarily mean he's in it at the end of the year. If Happ is in the rotation in the beginning, it doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be in it in the end. It continues to be a fluid situation. Our fifth starter, at least lately, has not proved himself to be a bona fide guy you can throw out there 35 times. Neither of those guys have that label, so we can't count on that. We have to keep an open mind on how to approach it."