The Philadelphia Phillies will host the Marlins in Game 2 of this three game set at Citizen's Bank Park tonight, and the cellar dwelling fish lost the opener by a score of 7-3 last night. Miami has lost five in a row, and it won't get any easy tonight, facing the Phillies ace.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Pitching - Cole Hamels will be on the mound for the home team, and he's still in search of his first "W" of the season. Hamels (0-2, 5.00 ERA) allowed five runs on five hits and four walks over six innings in a loss at Washington in his latest start. Prior to that he was better at home, surrendering five runs on seven hits over 12 innings in his first two starts of the season. The Marlins will counter with Jared Cosart, who was roughed up by the Mets in his last outing.

2. Batter vs. Pitcher - Giancarlo Stanton has had limited success against Hamels with 12 hits in 43 at bats, but he's struck out a whopping 17 times during that span.

3. X-Factor - Ryan Howard was 2-for-3 with a home run and a par of RBI's in last night's game.

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