Game 84: Phillies at Braves (1/3)

Philadelphia Phillies: 44-39
Atlanta Braves: 40-43

Kyle Kendrick (7-3 4.59 ERA, 2-0 4.03 ERA)
Charlie Morton (1-1 4.24 ERA, 0-0 --- ERA)

Projected lineups

Rollins SS N/A
Victorino CF N/A
Utley 2B N/A
Burrell LF N/A
Howard 1B N/A
Feliz 3B N/A
Jenkins RF N/A
Coste C N/A
Kendrick P

Blanco CF 0/2, .000/.600/.000
Gotay 3B N/A
Johnson 2B 4/11, .364/.417/.455
Teixeira 1B 1/6, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .167/.375/.667
McCann C 1/10, .100/.182/.100
Infante SS N/A
Francoeur RF 4/11, 2 RBI, .364/.364/.364
Jones LF N/A
Morton P

The Phillies happily get away from interleague tonight, after a dismal 4-11 showing against the AL. The last time the Phillies won a series was against these same Braves in Atlanta, so hopefully the Phillies can take advantage of them again. They're certainly banged up right now. There's a good chance Chipper goes on the DL, and Yunel Escobar is hurt too. Their lineup is weaker, and Kyle Kendrick needs to have a good game tonight.

Scott Lauber speculates that J.A. Happ could be called up for Thursday's start. I don't know if he has inside information regarding this or if he just hopes Myers is out of the rotation, but it's interesting. He's been having a good year at AAA, and he probably deserves a shot at the majors. Eventually, I think he'll become a long relief/lefty specialist out of the pen.