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Gamenight: Phillies (36-26) At Braves (32-29)

The Phillies polished off an 8-2 homestand with an easy win over the Reds at Citizens Bank Park. Cole Hamels was splendid in delivering his second career complete game-shutout. He bested the young Homer Bailey, while the Phils offense took advantage of Reds’ miscues for a 5-0 win.

Now the Phils will tear into the meat of the schedule, starting with a three-game weekend set in Atlanta, the weekend’s marquee matchup if anyone has anything to say about it. It’s no child’s play tonight â€” the Phils will face veteran Tim Hudson, who recently, they have owned (13 starts, 4.02 ERA). He is recovering from a strained left hamstring but is set to pitch. He’ll face Jamie Moyer, who has pitched very well as of late, possibly having his best outing in his last start, a drubbing of the Marlins.

Jimmy Rollins, taken out for not running out a pop fly yesterday â€” is in the starting lineup tonight.

Phillies: Jamie Moyer (6-3) 4.65 ERA
Braves: Tim Hudson (7-4) 3.01 ERA

Gametime: 7:30 p.m. EST
Weather: 88 degrees, mostly sunny
Lineup: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Jenkins, Feliz, Ruiz, Moyer

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Your gameday beer: Since the Phils drafted a kid from Brooklyn, let’s all open some Brooklyn Lagers. A crisp and earthy beverage, this can be enjoyed best with some chicken parm. So throw some red sauce on your chicken, slap it in a roll and go nuts. Tonight, it’s no sleep ’til Brooklyn.

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.