The Cincinnati Reds are at the bottom of the National League Central standings, but he’s not that too far away from the top, either. They will look to gain some ground as they take on the Philadelphia Phillies, who are on top of the NL East. The Reds are +12500 to win the World Series. The Phillies are priced +1200 to do the same.
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Game by Game Betting Preview for the Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies Regular-Season Series Running from June 7-9 2019
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
When:
Game 1 – Friday, June 7, 7:05 PM EST
Game 2 – Saturday, June 8, 4:05 PM EST
Game 3 – Sunday, June 9, 1:05 PM EST
Line: Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies – view all MLB lines
TV Broadcast: ESPN
GAME 1
Starters: Tanner Roark (4-4, 3.47 ERA) vs. TBA
Pitching:
Roark had an underwhelming performance in his last start, surrendering four earned runs on six hits in six innings of a 5-2 home loss to the Washington Nationals on Jun. 1. Prior to that, though, Roark was able to silence the Chicago Cubs big bats at Wrigley Field on May 26, when he threw five scoreless innings in a 10-2 road win. Roark is 4-4 with a 3.43 ERA in 15 starts against the Phillies since 2016. P
Hitting
Eugenio Suarez has batted .351 in the past 30 days as of this writing
Phillies are 19th in the majors with a .313 wOBA as of this writing.
Prediction: Phillies win, 6-3.
GAME 2
Starters: Sonny Gray (2-5, 3.54 ERA) vs. Nick Pivetta (3-1, 6.14 ERA)
Pitching:
Gray has been steady over at least his past three starts, during which he allowed a total of three earned runs on 15 hits. None of those hits came off of homers, which partly explains his solid 2.94 FIP. Pivetta has struggled for the most part of the season, but he had a fantastic showing in his last start, albeit in an 8-0 road loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jun. 2, when he tossed six scoreless innings.
Hitting:
Jose Iglesias is batting .310 at home as of this writing.
Jose Peraza is 2-for-5 with two doubles in his career against Pivetta.
Prediction: Cincinnati wins, 4-3.
GAME 3
Starters: Luis Castillo (5-1, 2.45 ERA) vs. Aaron Nola (6-1, 4.63 ERA)
Pitching:
Castillo has faced the Phillies just two times in his young career thus far, but has a record of 1-0 and a 2.08 ERA over those starts. He’ll look to keep his unbeaten record against Philly when he faces them in the third and final game of this series. Nola got tagged with his first loss of the season in his last start, when he got rocked for six earned runs on right hits in 5.1 innings of work against the San Diego Padres on the road.
Hitting
Derek Dietrich is 5-for-19 with two doubles and a home run in his career vs. Nola.
The current Phillies roster has a career .200 batting average against Castillo.
Prediction: Cincinnati wins, 4-3.
Writer’s Overall Series Prediction
Cincinnati wins two of three games in the series.
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