The Philadelphia Phillies will be taking on the Florida Marlins in their second game of a three game set at Sun Life Stadium on May 10, 2011. The Phillies just barely took on the Braves over the weekend and lost the last game of the set. They will be looking to avoid losing consecutive games for the third time all season.
The Phillies head in to this game as slight favorites at -115 on the money line on betED while the total is 9.
A lot of the Phillies success will ride on the pitcher Cole Hamels. He was decent against the Braves and traded shutout victories before giving up two homers. Aside from those home runs, he has done a pretty good job.
Also, look for Placido Polanco to continue his positive batting streak. The Phillies also finally placed catcher Carlos Ruiz on the disabled list, opening up a spot for Joe Blanton to come back from the list and pitch in this series. Blanton has a 5-2 record in his 8 games against the Marlins and also has a 3.12 run average against them.
Javier Vazquez, the Marlin’s starting pitcher, hasn’t had as much success and is currently 0-2 in his first two starts, and only 2-2 over six starts. Anibal Sanchez, however, had a gem the other night when struck out 11 batters and only allowed two hits. Gaby Sanchez is another power on the Marlin’s offense that the Phillies will need to be aware of.
Overall, the Phillies have won 10 of the last 12 games and currently have a record of 15-3 in Florida spanning back over the last 2 seasons (2009).
