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Philadelphia Phillies Set Roster For NLCS Matchup with Arizona Diamondbacks

After beating the Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves, the Philadelphia Phillies have set their NLCS roster for a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Brady Farkas

Philadelphia Phillies Set Roster For NLCS Matchup with Arizona Diamondbacks
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The Philadelphia Phillies have set their roster for the National League Championship Series matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks, which begins on Monday night.

C: J.T. Realmuto and Garrett Stubbs

INF: Alec Bohm, Bryce Harper, Edmundo Sosa, Bryson Stott, Trea Turner

OF: Nick Castellanos, Jake Cave, Brandon Marsh, Cristian Pache, Johan Rojas, Kyle Scwharber

P: Seranthony Dominguez, Jeff Hoffman, Orion Kerkering, Craig Kimbrel, Michael Lorenzen, Aaron Nola, Taijuan Walker, Zack Wheeler, Jose Alvarado, Cristopher Sanchez, Gregory Soto, Matt Strahm, Ranger Suarez

The Phillies won 90 games this regular season, finishing second in the National League East behind the Braves. They earned a wild card berth before beating the Miami Marlins in the National League Wild Card Series and then beating the Braves in four games in the NLDS.

The Diamondbacks will present a challenge for Philadelphia as well, as they come in having won all five of their playoff games during their run. They possess good starting pitching, led by NL All-Star starter Zac Gallen, and Merrill Kelly, who pitched for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.

In addition, the D'Backs have speed at the top of their lineup with presumptive National League Rookie of the Year Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte.

Game 1 of the series is Monday night. First pitch from Citizens Bank Park is set for 8:07 p.m. ET. In a battle of aces, it's Zack Wheeler (PHI) against Zac Gallen (ARI).

Wheeler is 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA this postseason while Gallen is 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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