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Gameday: Cubs (6-5) At Phillies (6-6)

Cole Hamels was dealing for a third consecutive start, and the righties did their damage, leading to a clean 7-1 win over the Cubs. It was the first Phillies series win, and they can sweep the set today at the Vault.

Hamels was fantastic, going seven frames and allowing one hit. Pedro Feliz knocked a homer and Chase Utley and Ryan Howard both finally beat Ted Lilly â the former with a jam-shot double and the latter with a towering homer.

Now it’s Jamie Moyer going up against the team that drafted him four months before I was born. Jason Marquis goes against the Phils. Jimmy Rollins is likely to sit this one again, Shane Victorino is on the 15-day DL and Chris Snelling is on the 25-man roster, available today. With all the juggling at the top of the order, Geoff Jenkins will hit leadoff for the first time in his career.

Phillies: Jamie Moyer (1-0), 4.66 ERA
Cubs: Jason Marquis (0-0), 6.75 ERA

Gametime: 1:35 p.m.
Weather: 55 degrees, mostly sunny
Lineup: Jenkins/Werth/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Feliz/Coste/Bruntlett/Moyer

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Your gameday beer: With the old-school Moyer on the hill, a Midwestern team in town, and a few tough injuries hampering the team, on this dreary Sunday, nothing will taste sweeter than an old favorite, Pabst Blue Ribbon. Don’t be fooled â PBR is a good beer. It’s smoother and tastier than any macrobrew out there, and you can drink a few today, because, hey, we may need it.

Go Phillies!

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.