The two teams, which faced each other in last season’s National League Championship Series, will open a four-game series Thursday night at Chase Field in Phoenix.
The Philadelphia Phillies (68-46, first in the NL East) will face the Arizona Diamondbacks (63-52, second in the NL West). The game will begin at 9:40 p.m. EDT.
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Kolby Allard (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, five strikeouts) will pitch for the Phillies and Jordan Montgomery (7-5, 6.37 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 51 strikeouts) will start for the Diamondbacks.
Montgomery played six innings and earned the win against the Phillies on June 21.
Philadelphia won two of the three games it played at Citizens Bank Park in June: it lost the opening game 5-4 and then won 12-1 and 4-1.
However, that won’t make the Phillies forget their encounter with the Diamondbacks last season, when they won three of their first four games before losing the final three, including two at home.
The Phillies have a 30-25 record on the road and are 3-3 so far on this trip, winning one game in Seattle and two against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs and scored seven runs in Wednesday’s 9-4 win at Dodger Stadium.
The seven RBIs were the most by a Phillies player since Carlos Ruiz scored that many against Atlanta in 2012.
“It’s really special,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson told the Associated Press. “It seems like there are times when we’re in a little bit of a slump and he gives the club a little energy with a leadoff home run or a big home run. He’s a lot like (Bryce) Harper in that respect.”
Schwarber is fourth on the Phillies with 40 extra-base hits (13 doubles and 27 home runs). Alec Bohm has hit 13 of 43 batters in the last 10 games, four doubles, one triple, one home run and seven RBIs. The Phils are 3-7 in this stretch.
Ketel Marte, right, hit 19 doubles and 19 home runs for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first half of the season. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP
Arizona has an 8-2 record in its last 10 games, including a sweep of Cleveland this week. The Diamondbacks have a 31-25 record at home.
Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks with 51 extra-base hits (20 doubles, two triples and 29 home runs). Eugenio Suarez has hit 13 of 37 with five doubles, four home runs and 11 RBIs in the last 10 games.
