NLDS Game 2: Brewers vs. Phillies

Game 2 - Phillies lead in the series 1-0 in a best of five.
Brewers: Make it four straight starts on three days' rest for Sabathia, who continues to cement his status as the greatest midseason pickup in Major League history. Sabathia carried the Brewers to their first postseason bid in 26 years on Sunday in Milwaukee, allowing an unearned run on four hits in a complete-game, 122-pitch win over the Cubs. Less than an hour later, after a Mets loss, the Brewers won the Wild Card. The Brewers squeezed every ounce of energy out of their prized rental. Sabathia threw 334 pitches the last nine days of the regular season, starting three straight times on three days' rest.

CC Sabathia hasn't faced the Phillies this year. He was 17-10 with a 2.70 ERA this season, pitching a workhorse amount of innings at 253 with 251 strikeouts. He's only faced the Phillies twice in his career and is 1-1 with a 4.97 ERA. The Brewers have hit him for a .260 BA over that stretch, scoring 7 runs on 13 hits and 4 walks. One of those hits was a HR. The current roster is 5-34 with 3 doubles, a triple, and 3 RBIs. Jimmy Rollins leads the way with a 3-7 mark with a double and a triple.

Phillies: Myers' second-half resurgence gave the Phillies an acquisition as valuable as CC Sabathia or Rich Harden. The righty posted a 1.80 ERA in 11 starts -- and dominated. There is some concern regarding his final two outings of the season, in which he allowed 14 earned runs and 19 hits in 8 1/3 innings. Against the Brewers, he has a 1.77 ERA in eight career appearances. As the Phillies' closer last season, Myers didn't appear in the 2007 NLDS against the Rockies.

In Myers last start against the Brewers, he threw a complete game. It gave up only one run on a solo HR, walked one, and gave up another hit (2 total) for the win. That was on September 14th. His last two starts of the season were forgettable. He didn't make it through the fifth inning in both of those games, giving up a combined 16 runs in 8.1 innings. Still, he finished the season with a 4.55 ERA and a 10-13 record.

In his career against the Phillies, he has a 4-1 record spanning 35.2 innings, giving up 7 runs on 22 hits (4 HRs) while walking 8 and striking out 20. That gives him a 0.84 WHIP. The Brewers have hit him for a .183 BA. The current roster is 10-72 (.139 BA) witha double, 4 HRs (two by Mike Cameron, one by Ray Durham, and one by Prince Fielder), and 6 RBIs. Everyone equally sucks against Myers, so really their isn't much to watch when they come to the plate.

Forecast: I want to say the Brewers on this one, but I really am thinking Phillies. Myers' numbers really have convinced me that he is the one to watch, even if he got hammered in his last two starts. Score: 2-0, Phillies.

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