Dickey (9-8) was masterful in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader in Philadelphia, nabbing the win after allowing just one run on seven hits with one walk and nine strikeouts over eight innings.

EDGE Analysis

Dickey benefited from the extra day of rest after his scheduled Tuesday start was rained out, holding Philadelphia without an extra-base hit while tying his season high in strikeouts. The only damage against him came thanks to a trio of singles in the seventh, but the game was well out of reach at that point with Atlanta holding a 9-0 lead. Dickey would be in contention for his second NL Cy Young award if he could just face the Phillies every time out, as the veteran knuckleballer is now 2-0 with a 0.81 ERA and 25:4 K:BB over 22 innings in three starts against them this season. He'll next face one of his many former teams when the Rangers come to town Monday.