The Philadelphia Phillies are at the Cleveland Guardians to start a three-game series on Friday. The Phillies come into the game fresh off back-to-back losses to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Phillies are 52-44 on the season, second place in the National League East, but way behind first-place Atlanta.
For Cleveland, they lost on Wednesday to the Pirates and took Thursday off. The Guardians are 47-49 on the season and second place behind the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central.
The Phillies come into this game as the small favorite. Philadelphia is listed at -125, while Cleveland is +105. The total for this game is 8.5 runs.
Pitching Matchup for Friday
Ranger Suarez is going to get the start for the Philadelphia Phillies in this game. Suarez is 27 years old and will make his 12th start of the season. Suarez sits with a 2-4 record on the season and a 3.84 earned run average. In 68 innings, he has struck out 62 batters while walking just 25.
Youngster Gavin Williams will throw for Cleveland. Williams is in his rookie season, and this will be his fifth start of the season. Williams is 1-2 on the season, with a 3.94 earned run average. In his last start on July 15th, Williams gave up four hits and allowed two runs in five innings thrown.
Phillies Looking to Find Offense
The Philadelphia Phillies are looking to re-find their offense. Over the last two games, the Phillies have scored just a total of three runs. Before that, the Phillies scored over six runs per game in their four-game winning streak. The Phillies are scoring 4.8 runs per game and picking up nine hits per game on the season.
Bryce Harper continues to have a good season for Philadelphia but went hitless in the July 20th loss. Harper came into the season on a seven-game hit streak coming in. On the season, the slugger has four home runs and 26 runs batted in. He is hitting .300 on the season for the Phillies.
Cleveland Hoping to Restart a Streak
The Cleveland Guardians won the first two games of the series in Pittsburgh before losing 7-5 on Wednesday. Cleveland will now look to restart their winning streak and short-term goal of getting to .500 on the season. The Guardians still have dropped 5 out of their last seven games overall.
Cleveland has struggled on the offensive side of the baseball all season. The Guardians are scoring just 4.2 runs per game and dead last in Major League Baseball in home runs. The top power threat for the Guardians has been Josh Naylor, and he has just 15 bombs on the season.
Solid Start to Series
This should be a good start to the series and really a good series overall. In the end here, though, the team with the offense is who were are taking. Neither pitcher is a shut-down pitcher, so which team can hit better?
Going with Phillies on the road. Take Philadelphia -125 over Cleveland on Friday.
100% up to $3,000 Bonus
Bovada is our most recommended ONLINE CASINO and POKER ROOM for US players with excellent deposit options. Get your 100% signup bonus today.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.