Two of the league’s best hurlers take the mound Monday when the Philadelphia Phillies (76-54) and Houston Astros (70-60) square off at 6:40 p.m. ET, live on Fox Sports 1. Zack Wheeler (2.73 ERA) gets the ball for the Phillies (-187 favorites on the moneyline), while the underdog Astros (+157) will turn to Ronel Blanco and his 3.14 ERA.
Philadelphia sends Wheeler (12-6) to the mound for his 26th start of the season, and Blanco (9-6) makes his 25th start of the year for Houston.
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The Phillies have won 64 of the 104 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (61.5%).
Philadelphia has a 26-11 record (winning 70.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -187 or shorter.
The Astros have been underdogs in 35 games this season and won 18 (51.4%) of those contests.
Houston has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +157 odds on it winning this game.
The Phillies have had an over/under set by bookmakers 130 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 61 of those games (61-63-6).
So far this season, the Astros and their opponents have hit the over in 52 of their 130 games with a total.
Phillies Stats & Insights
The Phillies have the No. 5 offense in MLB play scoring 4.9 runs per game (638 total runs).
Philadelphia is 11th in MLB play with 155 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
The Phillies rank fourth in the majors with a .259 batting average.
Philadelphia’s 8.3 strikeouts per game rank 12th in the majors.
The Phillies pitching staff ranks sixth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
Philadelphia has a 3.71 team ERA that ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros rank 13th in the majors with 595 total runs scored this season.
Houston ranks 10th in Major League Baseball with 156 home runs.
The Astros have a team batting average of .260 this season, which ranks third among MLB teams.
Houston is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking third with an average of 7.3 strikeouts per game.
The Astros average 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-most in the majors.
Houston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.81 ERA this year, ninth-best in baseball.
Phillies Key Players to Watch
Wheeler (12-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 170 strikeouts in 154 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Phillies, his 26th of the season.
Alec Bohm leads Philadelphia in batting average (.294) and runs batted in (88) this season while also slugging 13 homers.
Bryce Harper is batting .274 with an OBP of .363 and a slugging percentage of .521 this season.
Kyle Schwarber leads Philadelphia in home runs with 28. He’s driven in 82 runs and is slugging .471.
Nicholas Castellanos has collected 124 hits this season and has an OBP of .304. He’s slugging .417 on the year.
Astros Key Players to Watch
The Astros’ Blanco (9-6) will make his 25th start of the season.
Yordan Alvarez paces the Astros with 25 home runs and has a team-best batting average of .306.
Alex Bregman is hitting .260 with 25 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs and 37 walks.
Jose Altuve has 22 doubles, 18 home runs and 38 walks while batting .296.
Yainer Diaz has totaled 72 runs batted in to pace his team.
Phillies and Astros Injuries
Phillies: Spencer Turnbull: 60 Day IL (Back), Dylan Covey: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Luis Ortiz: 60 Day IL (Ankle)
Astros: Ryan Pressly: 15 Day IL (Back), Jose Urquidy: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cristian Javier: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Kyle Tucker: 60 Day IL (Shin), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), J.P. France: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed)
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