Its Friday, August 8 and Globe Life Field is the site of a matchup between two teams positioned to make a push in October as the Phillies (65-49) are in Arlington for a matchup against the Rangers (60-56).

Cristopher Sánchez is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Merrill Kelly for Texas.

Winners of four of their last six, the Philles are starting to pull away in the National League East leading the Mets by 2.5 games. Fresh off a series win over the Yankees, the Rangers have pulled to within 1.5 games of the New York for the final Wild Card spot and to within 4.5 games of first place Houston in the AMerican League West.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

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