Marlins at Phillies: September 6th through September 8th

Monday 1:05 & 7:05, Tuesday & Wednesday 7:05

Records: Marlins 69-66, 3rd Place in the NL East (9 games behind the Braves); Phillies 78-59, 2nd Place in NL East (1 game behind the Braves).  The Phils have a 2 game lead over the Giants in the NL Wild Card race, and their magic number to clinch is 24.

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Vance Worley will make his first Major League start this afternoon in a game originally scheduled for June 9th, but postponed because of rain.  Worley made the jump from AA Reading to AAA Lehigh Valley earlier this year.  In 27 minor league starts, he's 10-7 with a 3.36 ERA and a 119 to 46 strikeout to walk ratio.  The fine folks over at Phuture Phillies will be doing a live blog this afternoon to discuss Worley's start.

The Phils also recalled pitcher Mike Zagurski from Lehigh Valley today and selected the contract of pitcher Nate Robertson - both leftys.  The Phillies are Robertson's 4th organization this year.  Late in Spring Training, the Tigers (with whom he pitched for 7 seasons) traded him to the Marlins.  He started 18 games for the Marlins going 6-8 with a 5.47 ERA and earning his release on July 27th.  (Interestingly enough, his best start of the season came against the Phillies on April 18th, when he pitched 6.1 innings of shutout ball for the win.)  The Cardinals signed him to a minor league deal, but it included an opt-out clause if Robertson wasn't with the big club by August 23rd.  He wasn't, the Cardinals released him and he signed with the Phillies.  He's expected to pitch middle relief for the Phils down the stretch and he'll be card #51 in this year's Chachi set.

Happy Labor Day and Go Phils!

Marlins Probables: Adalberto Mendez, Anibal Sanchez, Chris Volstad, Andrew Miller
Phillies Probables: Vance Worley, Roy Oswalt, Joe Blanton, Cole Hamels