The Phillies pulled out a narrow win on Saturday afternoon and will try to finish the job on Sunday when they meet the Arizona Diamondbacks in the rubber match of the series. Andrew Painter is set to make the third start of his young career, while Zac Gallen gets the ball for Arizona at 1:35 PM.
That matchup gives the Phillies a chance to leave the weekend with the series win after a tight game in which they found just enough to get by. The contest will be shown locally on NBCSP, giving fans another look at Painter as he works through the early part of his career against a familiar division of pressure that comes with a series on the line.
Gallen brings the most established track record into the finale. He has posted a 2.52 ERA in seven career starts against the Phillies, a number that helps explain why the dbacks - phillies matchup has the feel of a true test for a young starter on the other side. The Phillies know what is coming. Arizona knows the same. Sunday is the last game of the set, and it is the one that decides who leaves with the upper hand.
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For Painter, the assignment is simple enough to state and hard enough to execute: match the veteran on the mound and give the Phillies enough to turn Saturday’s narrow win into a series victory. For the Diamondbacks, Gallen offers the best path to pushing the weekend the other way.
