The National League Wild Card series continues Saturday night when the Philadelphia Phillies visit the St. Louis Cardinals. Philadelphia finished the regular season third in the NL East, but clinched the third Wild Card spot in the final week of the season. St. Louis won the NL Central, but ended up the Wild Card round as the division winner with the worst record. Philadelphia won the regular season series 4-3 between these two teams. This game will air live on ESPN2. UniBet has the opening line at Philadelphia -120, St. Louis +100, and the over at 6.5 runs scored.
Kyle Schwarber mashed this season as he has hit a team high 46 home runs and knocked in 94 RBIs. Alec Bohm led the way with a .280 batting average. Philadelphia bat .253 and the pitchers recorded a 3.97 ERA and 1.26 WHIP.
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Paul Goldschmidt is going to be the NL MVP this season as he led St. Louis with a .317 batting average, 35 home runs and 115 RBIs. The Cardinals hit .252 and the pitchers recorded a 3.79 ERA and 1.27 WHIP.
Phillies vs Cardinals Pick & Prediction
Last time out, the Phillies rallied late to win game one 6-3. This was a pitchers’ duel until the seventh inning when the Cardinals took a two-run lead with a Juan Yepez two-run home run. St. Louis held the 2-0 lead until the top of the ninth when they completely collapsed. The Phillies scored six runs in the top of the ninth to steal game one and get one game away from the NLDS. Each team had five hits in this one.
Jean Segura went 1-4 with two RBIs and one run scored in the win. Four other Phillies had RBIs in this one. Juan Yepez went 1-1 with one home run, two RBIs, and one run scored in the loss. David Robertson got the win and Ryan Helsley took the loss.
Pitching Matchup (regular season): Aaron Nola (11-13, 3.25 ERA, 0.96 WHIP) vs Miles Mikolas (12-13, 3.29 ERA, 1.03 WHIP)
Tonights Pick:
Philadelphia does not enter these playoffs in good form as they are just 5-8 in their last 13 games overall, 5-10 in their last 15 games on the road, and 6-10 in their last 16 games against National League opponents. St. Louis will be happy this game is at home as they are 5-3 in their last eight at Busch Stadium. Aaron Nola shoves and helps the Phillies advance to the National League Division Series
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MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Team Records
PHI | Team Records | STL |
---|---|---|
11-6 | Home | 6-7 |
11-5 | Road | 9-10 |
15-5 | vRHP | 11-14 |
7-6 | vLHP | 4-3 |
6-7 | vs>.500 | 5-11 |
16-4 | vs<.500 | 10-6 |
7-3 | Last10 | 6-4 |
15-5 | Last20 | 9-11 |
21-9 | Last30 | 15-15 |
Team Stats
PHI | Team Stats | STL |
---|---|---|
3.95 | ERA | 4.59 |
.238 | Batting Avg Against | .268 |
1.24 | WHIP | 1.43 |
.290 | BABIP | .322 |
7.8% | BB% | 8.3% |
23.8% | K% | 20.4% |
72.2% | LOB% | 69.8% |
.255 | Batting Avg | .259 |
.419 | SLG | .436 |
.742 | OPS | .770 |
.323 | OBP | .333 |
Pitchers
A. Nola | M. Mikolas | |
---|---|---|
148.1 | Innings | 147.2 |
24 | GS | 26 |
9-8 | W-L | 6-8 |
4.49 | ERA | 4.27 |
9.28 | K/9 | 6.28 |
2.12 | BB/9 | 1.77 |
1.58 | HR/9 | 0.85 |
65.9% | LOB% | 70.5% |
15.5% | HR/FB% | 7.7% |
4.21 | FIP | 3.86 |
3.79 | xFIP | 4.64 |
.234 | AVG | .271 |
25.2% | K% | 16.4% |
5.8% | BB% | 4.6% |
3.81 | SIERA | 4.72 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/29 NYM | Megill ML N/A | L0-3 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 62-94 |
4/24 MIL | Lauer ML N/A | L0-1 TOTAL N/A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 62-89 |
4/18 COL | Kuhl ML N/A | L1-4 TOTAL N/A | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 59-84 |
4/13 NYM | Scherzer ML N/A | L6-9 TOTAL N/A | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 47-76 |
4/8 OAK | Montas ML N/A | W9-5 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 57-76 |
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/30 ARI | Kelly ML N/A | L0-2 TOTAL N/A | 7.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 68-98 |
4/25 NYM | Scherzer ML N/A | L2-5 TOTAL N/A | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 63-95 |
4/20 MIA | Alcantara ML N/A | W2-0 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 59-86 |
4/15 MIL | Peralta ML N/A | W10-1 TOTAL N/A | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 61-91 |
4/9 PIT | Keller ML N/A | W6-2 TOTAL N/A | 3.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50-77 |
Betting Trends
PHI | Betting Trends | STL |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 0-3-0 |
2.67 | Avg Score | 4.67 |
5.33 | Avg Opp Score | 6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-2-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
2.67 | Avg Score | 7 |
5.33 | Avg Opp Score | 5.33 |
PHI | Betting Trends | STL |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 1-4-0 |
4-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 0-5-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 4.2 |
3.4 | Avg Opp Score | 5.6 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-3-0 |
4-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-4-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 4.6 |
3.4 | Avg Opp Score | 4 |
PHI | Betting Trends | STL |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 4-6-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-8-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 4.4 |
3.9 | Avg Opp Score | 4.3 |
AWAY | HOME | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-7-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 4.1 |
3.9 | Avg Opp Score | 3 |