Categories: 2018 Gameday

Gameday 2018: Pirates (12-7) at Phillies (11-7)

Game two of a four-game series against the Pirates! Friday night! Baseball!

Gametime: 7:05 p.m.

The lineup:

Hernandez – 2B
Santana – 1B
Herrera – CF
Hoskins – LF
Altherr – RF
Knapp – C
Franco – 3B
Lively – P
Crawford – SS

Pitchers: Ben Lively (0-1, 5.87 ERA) vs. Ivan Nova (2-1, 4.88 ERA)

Why do I get the feeling that a lot of runs will be scored tonight? Andrew Knapp is in for a scuffling Jorge Alfaro, and he’s up in the six-hole, which is interesting, but probably more to get a lefty option a little higher in the lineup. At least that’s what I’m telling myself.

Your Gameday Beer: While Ivan Nova is Dominican, the name Ivan is most synonymous with Russian tsars. So, yeah, let’s go with a Russian imperial stout. How’s Dark Lord from 3 Floyds? It’s a good one, folks. Grab your finest imperial from the beer fridge for tonight’s game. Chill out and enjoy.

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.