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The Philadelphia Phillies (7-8) will play the rubber match of a three
game series with the Houston Astros (6-9) today at 1:05pm at Citizens
Bank Park. Brett Myers (1-1 5.00) will toe the rubber for the Phillies
while Brandon Backe (1-1 2.25) takes the hill for Houston.

The Phillies bats were quiet last night and spoiled a solid performance
by Kyle Kendrick losing 2-1. The good news was Kendrick looked good for
the first time in 2008 and the hope is he can build off of this start.

Other quick hits:

• The Phillies are third in the National League with 9 quality starts. Only San Diego (12) and Arizona (11) have more.
• The Phillies bullpen has the second lowest ERA in the NL at 3.17.
  Only St Louis is lower (3.07). They have a 2.07 ERA since opening day.
• Brett Myers is 2-2 with a 5.59 ERA in 6 games against Houston.
• Geoff Jenkins has 23 career homeruns against the Astros

Coming Up:

4/18 vs. NYM Santana (1-2 3.05 vs. Hamels (2-1  0.82)  7:05pm CSN
4/19 vs. NYM Perez (1-0 3.38) vs. Moyer (1-0 5.52) 3:55pm Fox
4/20 vs. NYM Pelphrey (1-0 3.60) vs. Eaton (0-0 3.95) 8:05pm ESPN

Get more coverage here about the Turnpike Series: Phillies Mets Rivalry.