Gameday: Phillies (16-21) at D-Backs (21-15)
Cliff Lee (3-2, 3.26) v. Trevor Cahill (2-3, 2.80)
TIME: 8:10, Chase Field
TV: Comcast SportsNet
Weather: Upper 80’s scattered clouds
Media: Twitter and Facebook
The Phillies will look to avoid a third straight loss to the Diamondbacks tonight, as they turn to Cliff Lee to be the stopper for them. He’s coming off a start in San Francisco against the Giants where he threw eight innings of two-run ball and got the win. He’s been the Phillies second-best pitcher this year behind Kyle Kendrick. He has the highest K/BB ratio on the Phillies, 2nd lowest ERA, and lowest WHIP. He doesn’t throw a lot of ground balls (least among Phillies starters–highest fly ball %), but the lowest HR/FB %. He keeps the ball in the yard, but facing this Arizona offense in this ballpark will be tough.
Opposing Lee will be former Athletics pitcher Trevor Cahill. He’s posting a 2.80 ERA this year, in part because he has been exceptional at inducing ground balls. With the way the Phillies offense performed the last few games, I think we can expect Cahill to have success. I think this will be yet another low-scoring ballgame, and I don’t have faith in this Phillies team to win tonight. But I hope I’m wrong.
Lineup: Rollins SS, Utley 2B, M Young 3B, Howard 1B, D Young RF, Brown LF, Ruiz C, Revere CF, Lee P
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GO PHILLIES
