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Arizona Diamondbacks (29-23) at Philadelphia Phillies (26-24), 7:05 p.m.</headline><slugline>AAV!PREVIEW-ARI-PHI</slugline><xts:filePath>baseball/l.mlb.com/event-summary/xt.5932656-preview</xts:filePath></contentMeta><contentSet><inlineXML contenttype="application/sportsml+xml"><sports-content><sports-event><event-metadata date-coverage-type="event" event-key="event:l.mlb.com-2007-e.19358" date-coverage-value="l.mlb.com-2007-e.19358" event-status="pre-event" start-date-time="2007-05-28T19:05:00-04:00" xts:game-of-day="1"/><team><team-metadata team-key="team:l.mlb.com-t.26" alignment="away"><name first="Arizona" last="Diamondbacks" full="Arizona Diamondbacks"/></team-metadata><player><player-metadata position-event="1" player-key="player:l.mlb.com-p.456"><name full="Doug Davis"/></player-metadata><player-stats><player-stats-baseball><stats-baseball-pitching earned-runs="3.57" wins="2" losses="6" winning-percentage=".250"/></player-stats-baseball></player-stats></player></team><team><team-metadata team-key="team:l.mlb.com-t.19" alignment="home"><name first="Philadelphia" last="Phillies" full="Philadelphia Phillies"/></team-metadata><player><player-metadata position-event="1" player-key="player:l.mlb.com-p.123"><name full="Freddy Garcia"/></player-metadata><player-stats><player-stats-baseball><stats-baseball-pitching earned-runs="4.81" wins="1" losses="3" winning-percentage=".250"/></player-stats-baseball></player-stats></player></team></sports-event></sports-content></inlineXML><inlineXML contenttype="application/nitf+xml"><nitf><article format="nitf"><nitf><body><body.head><hedline><hl1>Arizona Diamondbacks (29-23) at Philadelphia Phillies (26-24), 7:05 p.m.</hl1></hedline><byline><byttl>Sports Network</byttl></byline><abstract><p>A pair of teams coming off big weekend sweeps will square off tonight at Citizens Bank Park, where the Philadelphia Phillies welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks for the start of a three-game series.</p></abstract></body.head><body.content><p>(Sports Network) - A pair of teams coming off big weekend sweeps will square off tonight at Citizens Bank Park, where the Philadelphia Phillies welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks for the start of a three-game series.</p><p>The Phillies picked up some momentum with a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves, while the Diamondbacks captured all four of their games against the Houston Astros.</p><p>On Sunday, Livan Hernandez threw his first complete game in almost two years to lead the Diamondbacks to an 8-4 win over the Astros to complete the sweep.</p><p>Hernandez (5-2) was charged with four runs -- three earned -- on 11 hits with a pair of strikeouts for his 43rd career complete game. It was the first time he went the distance since September 9, 2005.</p><p>Carlos Quentin hit a two-run home run and Mark Reynolds added a pair of RBI for the Diamondbacks, who notched their second four-game sweep of the season. Arizona, which has won seven of nine overall, took four straight in Washington from April 5-8.</p><p>The Diamondbacks start a six-game road trip tonight and are one game back of both Los Angeles and San Diego for first place in the NL West.</p><p>Arizona sends Doug Davis to the hill tonight, and the lefty is 0-4 over his last five starts. That includes losses in each of his last three outings.</p><p>Davis pitched well last time out, though, allowing two runs on six hits and three walks against Colorado on Wednesday, but was on the wrong end of a 2-0 shutout. The loss dropped Davis to 2-6 on the year despite a 3.57 earned run average.</p><p>Davis' lone no decision during his recent losing stretch was against Philadelphia on May 7, when he allowed two runs over six innings of his club's eventual 4-3 victory. The lefty is 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in five career starts against the Phillies.</p><p>The Phillies, meanwhile, notched their first sweep of the year that culminated with Sunday's 13-6 pounding of the Braves. Ryan Howard flashed some of the power that won him the NL MVP last season, jacking a pair of two-run homers in the win.</p><p>Jimmy Rollins doubled, tripled and knocked in two runs for the Phillies, who have won four of their last five games and completed their first three-game sweep in Atlanta since 1986. Greg Dobbs homered and ended with three RBI in the victory.</p><p>Cole Hamels (7-2) was the recipient of Philadelphia's strong offense as the left-hander went six innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out eight and walking just one.</p><p>The Phillies start a seven-game homestand tonight and bring a 13-10 home record into the contest.</p><p>Right-hander Freddy Garcia takes the hill for the Phillies and is 1-3 with a 4.81 earned run average on the year. Since winning his first game in a Philadelphia uniform back on April 22, Garcia has gone 0-2 over his last six starts.</p><p>He took the loss against Milwaukee on May 17, then was saddled with a no decision on Wednesday against Florida after yielding three runs on five hits over six innings of an eventual 8-7 victory.</p><p>In two career starts versus the Diamondbacks, Garcia has yet to post a decision in spite of a 2.08 ERA. That includes a no decision against the club on May 7.</p><p>The Diamondbacks took two of three against the Phillies earlier in the year, though Philadelphia went 14-5 against Arizona over the previous three seasons.</p></body.content></body></nitf></article></nitf></inlineXML></contentSet></newsItem>