The Philadelphia Phillies will play the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of their series at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday night.
The Philadelphia Phillies are 64-51 this season and have lost three of their last five games. Philadelphia won Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-3 on Monday night. The Philadelphia pitching staff has a 3.72 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average this season. The Phillies offense has scored 530 runs with a .249 batting average and a .312 on base percentage. Rhys Hoskins is batting .249 with 24 home runs and 54 RBI’s for the Phillies this season. The projected starter for Philadelphia is Kyle Gibson, who is 7-5 with a 4.29 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP over 121.2 innings pitched this season.
The Cincinnati Reds are 45-69 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Cincinnati lost two out of three games played against the Cubs. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 5.03 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, and a .255 opponent batting average. The Reds offense has scored 481 runs with a .240 batting average and a .309 on base percentage this year. Joey Votto is batting .208 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI’s for the Reds this season. The projected starter for Cincinnati is T.J. Zeuch, who is 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA and a 2.00 WHIP over 4 innings pitched this season.
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