Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?

"Play every game like it's your last." -Charlie Manuel
"We need to look at every game like it's a fight." - Ryan Howard

As if on cue, the cliches started flying out of the Phils' clubhouse yesterday with almost as much fervor as the interwebs and mainstream Philly media pronounced them dead following the previous night's ugly loss to the Marlins. If they can win tonight, one game at a time lives on. If not, it's officially desperation time, because anything less than 3/4 from the brewers this weekend is tantamount to a mathematical elimination from the playoffs. With Houston now idle, the Phils know they must win to stay in 2nd place behind Milwaukee for the Wild Card. Tonight's matchup scares me a bit, despite Cole being on the mound. He's blown way past his most innings in a season now, and is of course coming off a less than stellar effort. He's also now thrown more games consecutively on normal rest than at any point this year, and the numbers aren't disgusting but they're not very good either when he does so. Beyond all of that, the Brewers are also as good of a right-handed hitting team as you'll find and saw a lefty with a featured change up all of 24 hours ago. So here's hoping the Phils are ready to throw some punches in tonight's fight, because I don't think they're gonna win with any fewer than 6 runs.