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Gamenight: Phillies (18-14) At Diamondbacks (21-10)

It’s a possible playoff preview at Chase Field tonight, as the Phils and Diamondbacks open a four-game set. It’s arguable the Phils and D-Backs are the top two teams in the National League this season; both teams feature strong pitching and a good offense. While the D-Backs are a little younger, the Phils carry a very experienced team.

Tonight it’s very much youth vs. experience, as the D-Backs throw rookie Max Scherzer out there against the Phils’ Jamie Moyer.

Phillies: Jamie Moyer (2-2), 5.11 ERA
Diamondbacks: Max Scherzer (0-0) 0.00 ERA

Gametime: 9:40 p.m.
Weather:

82 degrees, sunny
Lineup:

MLB TV
MLB Gameday Audio
MLB Gameday

Your gamenight beer: It’s the first really hot weather the Phils will enounter in 2008, so you need a nice, cold beer to keep you chilled. And since it’s Cinco de Mayo, I mean, let’s be real: You need a Corona. Eat some nachos, hombre.

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.