An interleague battle concludes Wednesday afternoon when the Philadelphia Phillies (87-74, 40-40 away) visit the Houston Astros (105-56, 54-26 home). Houston is the top seed in the AL playoffs and will have a bye in the Wild Card rounds. Philadelphia clinched the third NL Wild Card spot and will visit the St. Louis Cardinals in the Wild Card round. Caesars Sportsbook has the opening line at Houston -185, Philadelphia +150, and the over at 7.5 runs scored.
Kyle Schwarber has been mashing this season as he has hit a team high 46 home runs and knocked in 94 RBIs. Alec Bohm leads the way with a .280 batting average. Philadelphia is batting .254 and the pitchers have recorded a 3.97 ERA and 1.25 WHIP.
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Yordan Alvarez should be a top five MVP finisher this season as he leads Houston with a .304 batting average and 37 home runs. Kyle Tucker has a team high 107 RBIs. The Astros are batting .247 and the pitching staff has combined for a 2.90 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.
Phillies vs Astros Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Houston evened the series up with a 10-0 win on Tuesday. This was an ugly game for Philadelphia, who celebrated clinching a playoff series hard on Monday, as they gave up five runs in the bottom of the first inning and did not get their first hit until the top of the ninth inning. Houston outhit Philadelphia 17-3 in this one.
Bryce Harper, Alec Bohm, and Garrett Stubbs each got a hit for the Phillies. Jeremy Pena went 2-4 with one home run, two RBIs and one run scored for Houston. Justin Verlander improved to 18-4 and Ranger Suarez fell to 10-7 on the season.
Pitching Matchup: Bailey Falter (6-4, 3.90 ERA, 1.20 WHIP) vs Framber Valdez (16-6, 2.89 ERA, 1.17 WHIP)
Tonights Pick:
Philadelphia has not been in good form as they are 4-7 in their last 11 games overall and 4-9 in their last 13 on the road. The Phillies are 5-3 in their last eight games against Houston but are just 3-6 in their last nine games in Houston. The Astros are 16-6 in their last 22 games and 8-4 in their last 12 games at Minute Maid Park.
Houston enters the postseason with a win on Wednesday afternoon.
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MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
Houston Astros
Team Records
PHI | Team Records | HOU |
---|---|---|
10-6 | Home | 4-9 |
5-4 | Road | 3-9 |
10-4 | vRHP | 4-11 |
5-6 | vLHP | 3-7 |
5-8 | vs>.500 | 6-16 |
10-2 | vs<.500 | 1-2 |
7-3 | Last10 | 3-7 |
13-7 | Last20 | 6-14 |
15-10 | Last30 | 7-18 |
Team Stats
PHI | Team Stats | HOU |
---|---|---|
3.95 | ERA | 3.79 |
.238 | Batting Avg Against | .237 |
1.24 | WHIP | 1.26 |
.290 | BABIP | .289 |
7.8% | BB% | 8.7% |
23.8% | K% | 24.0% |
72.2% | LOB% | 75.3% |
.255 | Batting Avg | .251 |
.419 | SLG | .417 |
.742 | OPS | .740 |
.323 | OBP | .324 |
Pitchers
B. Falter | F. Valdez | |
---|---|---|
40.1 | Innings | 149.2 |
7 | GS | 23 |
0-7 | W-L | 9-8 |
5.13 | ERA | 3.31 |
6.25 | K/9 | 8.90 |
1.79 | BB/9 | 2.16 |
1.56 | HR/9 | 0.90 |
58.1% | LOB% | 72.8% |
13.7% | HR/FB% | 14.2% |
4.73 | FIP | 3.44 |
4.54 | xFIP | 3.29 |
.299 | AVG | .225 |
16.0% | K% | 24.6% |
4.6% | BB% | 6.0% |
4.69 | SIERA | 3.57 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/3 MIA | Lopez ML N/A | L4-5 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21-30 |
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/1 TOR | Gausman ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 6.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 61-101 |
4/25 TEX | Dunning ML N/A | L2-6 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 60-97 |
4/19 LAA | Sandoval ML N/A | L2-7 TOTAL N/A | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 50-80 |
4/13 ARI | Kelly ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 40-75 |
4/7 LAA | Ohtani ML N/A | W3-1 TOTAL N/A | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 54-84 |
Betting Trends
PHI | Betting Trends | HOU |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
3.67 | Avg Score | 4.33 |
3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 1.33 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
2-1-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
3.67 | Avg Score | 4.33 |
3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 1.33 |
PHI | Betting Trends | HOU |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
4.6 | Avg Score | 3.6 |
5.2 | Avg Opp Score | 2.4 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
3-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
4.6 | Avg Score | 3.6 |
5.2 | Avg Opp Score | 2.4 |
PHI | Betting Trends | HOU |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
5-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-6-0 |
3.8 | Avg Score | 4.7 |
4.3 | Avg Opp Score | 3.8 |
AWAY | HOME | |
4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
4-6-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
3.3 | Avg Score | 5.1 |
4 | Avg Opp Score | 2.9 |