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Detroit Tigers (38-28) At Philadelphia Phillies (35-32), 7:05 P.m.

(Sports Network) - Jamie Moyer will try to rebound from one of his worst outings of the season when he leads the Philadelphia Phillies into battle against the Detroit Tigers tonight in the second tilt of a three-game interleague series from Citizens Bank Park.

Moyer was last in action on Sunday, when he was roughed up for six earned runs and seven hits in just 3 2/3 innings of a 17-5 loss at Kansas City. Prior to that outing, the soft-throwing left-hander had been pitching well, allowing just eight earned runs over three starts. He lasted at least seven innings in each of those three outings as well.

The veteran has struggled at home this season, however, going just 1-2 with a 5.58 ERA in five starts. He has allowed seven of his 12 home runs at Citizens Bank Park.

In his career against the Tigers, Moyer is 10-7 with a 3.08 ERA in 27 appearances, including 20 starts.

Opposing Moyer tonight will be Andrew Miller, who is set to make his third career start. Miller, the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft, has won his previous two starts at the big league level, including a 15-7 decision against the Mets on Sunday. In that contest, the 22-year-old left-hander allowed four earned runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings of work. He struck out five and walked three.

Miller has never faced the Phillies in his brief major league career.

In a slugfest last night, Ivan Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with a homer, scored three runs and had five RBI as the Tigers slipped past the Phillies, 12-8.

Sean Casey went 4-for-5 with three RBI for the Tigers, who snapped a two-game skid.

Jeremy Bonderman (7-0) was shaky in his start, allowing four homers among his nine hits and five runs, but received plenty of offensive help in his six-plus inning stint to record the win.

Horrible pitching doomed the Phillies on a night when they blasted five home runs, including two by Jimmy Rollins, who also tripled and drove in three runs.

Jon Lieber (3-5), coming off an 11-strikeout shutout over the Royals in his last start, was busted up for 10 hits and seven runs -- six earned -- in five innings. He also committed the throwing error that led to his one unearned run.

Reliever Francisco Rosario let in four more runs in one inning of work to end any hopes of a comeback for the Phillies, who saw their three-game win streak come to an end.

Philadelphia owns a 4-3 advantage in the all-time series. The Tigers took two of three against the Phillies in 2004, while Philly swept a three-game series in Detroit in 2002.

The Phillies are 84-95 all-time in interleague play, while the Tigers stand at 93-92 versus the NL.

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