Tonight begins a true test of how good the Phillies are. We know they're better than they played yesterday against the Cards and certainly better than they played against the fish last week.
The "Sawx" come to town today and while they won't have Big Papi in their lineup, this is still a potent team, one sporting a 44-28 record and sitting atop the AL East.
J.D. "Please someone hit him with a F***in battery" Drew comes to town with a .321 average and still no love lost.
Bartolo Colon takes the hill for the Sox against King Cole. I like our chances in this pitching matchup tonight although Colon has surprised me with his sub 4.00 ERA.
Let's just hope the offense holds up their end of the bargain because they've been sporadic at best aside from that 20-run explosion on Friday night.
How else do we match up? The Sox are 2nd in the AL in runs scored and 4th in ERA and their second-best pitcher Dice K has been on the fritz for a few weeks now.
And, the Phillies like their AL counterpart are 2nd in the NL in runs scored and 4th in ERA.
This will be a fun series to watch and I don't care what my friend Brian Startare says, I like interleague play. I like to see different teams come in and even though we may be getting a tougher shake as far as interleague schedule goes, but that just makes the Phillies a better and more battle-tested team in the end.
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