With a chance to wrap up a trip to the World Series tonight, Cole Hamels is ready prove his mettle as a big league ace. With two wins already this postseason, Hamels is looking to shut down the Dodgers for the second time in less than a week, but this time should be tougher.

In game 1 at Citizens Bank Park, where the fences are closer in most spots making home runs easier to hit but the outfield is much smaller making doubles harder to come by, Cole shut down the Dodgers, surrendering just 6 hits over 7 innings. However, at Dodgers Stadium, the spacious outfield has helped the Dodgers in games 3 and 4, as their hitters have subscribed to the "hit 'em where they ain't" school of baseball. Cole probably will have one bad inning, but if he can limit the damage that inning, he should be able to give the Phillies 6 or 7 strong innings before Charlie Manuel turns it over to the best bullpen in the National League.

On the other side, the Phillies get to face Chad Billingsley, who they roughed up in game 2 to the tune of 8 runs in 2 1/3 innings. The Phillies' hitters love facing righties who rely heavily on their fastball, so look for Billingsley to have a rough start, and Joe Torre to have a quick hook in favor of either left-hander Clayton Kershaw or righty Greg Maddux.

Prediction: Phillies win 7-3...Bring on the Devil Rays...Rays...D-Rays...whatever