The Philadelphia Phillies will look to continue their solid recent play when they go on the road to Chase Field to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Philadelphia has won four of their alst five games after winning the final two against Cincinnati and the first two against Pittsburgh, improving to 72-56 which leaves them in the NL Wildcard if the season ended today. Arizona swept the White Sox in their last series, but remains out of the playoff picture and 29 games back in the NL West.'
Philadelphia has rallied in the second half of the season and continued to move up the offensive rankings, now averaging 4.63 runs per game ranking 7th in the league. Kyle Schwarber has continued to produce and leads the team with 35 home runs, the second most in the MLB, and 73 RBIs. Bryce Harper has missed almost sixty games but when he's out there he's hitting .317 with 15 home runs.
The ace right-hander Aaron Nola will get the start for the Phillies he continues to eat innings for this Phillies rotation. Nola has worked through 166.2 innings across his 25 starts, posting a 3.08 ERA, and has the fifth most strikeouts in baseball with 185. Nola is coming off his best start of the season, a real gem pitching a complete game shutout allowing just five hits and striking out 11.'