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Gamenight: Phillies (46-39) At Braves (40-45)

Tonight, the Phillies will go for another sweep of the Braves at Turner Field. It’s two young and hungry pitchers: Cole Hamels and Jair Jurrjens. Good stuff.

Hamels is coming off an OK start against Texas, but will now pitch against a much less threatening lineup. Jurrjens is a stud with an ERA under 3 and a 23.1 inning no-earned-run streak. He was acquired by the Braves in a trade with the Tigers for Edgar Renteria. Good trade, Braves, good trade.

The offense has looked much better in the past few games, but Jurrjens is tough. Hopefully they can break that streak and put up a couple, giving Hamels room to work so the brooms can come out.

Phillies: Cole Hamels (8-5) 3.38 ERA
Braves: Jair Jurrjens (8-3) 2.94 ERA

Gametime: 7:00 p.m. EST
Weather:

86, partly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Victorino/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Jenkins/Feliz/Ruiz/Hamels

MLB Gameday

Your gamenight beer: I’m a fan of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, which is a good spring/summer beer that you can enjoy with a good summer salad. But I will say: Don’t drink this in heavy rotation. I once downed a six-pack of Cherry Wheat in an hour (after eating Pad Thai, mind you), and … well … point is, I smelled of cherry and peanut sauce the entire next morning. Just be careful.

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.