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Gamenight: Marlins (30-22) At Phillies (31-24)

Finally, the battle for first place in the NL East can be played. The Phillies dance with the Marlins tonight, and first place is on the line this weekend.

The Phils are coming off their fourth straight win and a series (and season) sweep of the Colorado Rockies. After a day off and some partying for animal welfare, the Phils will face Mark Hendrickson. Sound familiar? He was a second-round draft pick for the 76ers.

Obviously, like many past Sixers draft picks, he didn’t really pan out for them.

Hendrickson is 7-2, which I never thought I’d write this season. Meanwhile, Phillies starter Brett Myers is 1-6. Again, never thought I’d write it. He’s been at least credible as of late, but he’s had trouble locating his fastball.

Of course, the Phils have hit Mark Hendrickson to the tune of a 12.60 ERA. Shane Victorino is 3-for-3 with 2 RBI against him. Chase Utley is 2-for-3.

Phillies: Brett Myers (1-6) 5.79 ERA
Marlins: Mark Hendrickson (7-2) 4.14 ERA

Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 77 degrees, mostly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Feliz, Coste, Taguchi, Myers

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Your gamenight beer: Recently I bought Long Trail’s Belgian White Ale. It’s new from the Vermont brewery, and they make pretty good beer for the most part. This is no different, a very nice offering that has a hint of lemon and goes down pretty smooth. Tonight, eat a chicken Caesar salad with 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.