PNC Park will play host to a Thursday night MLB interleague battle between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies (51-47) have split their previous ten games and trail NL East Division leading New York by 9.5 games. On Thursday, Philadelphia C J.T. Realmuto had two hits and drove in a pair of runs during a 7-2 home loss versus Atlanta.
Hard-throwing righty Zack Wheeler (8-5 2.78 ERA) will head to the hill for the Phillies in this contest. Last time out, Wheeler allowed one run across seven innings during a 6-2 home loss versus Chicago.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are four games below .500 at home and are 14.5 games off the pace in the NL Central Division race.
The Pirates will turn to twenty-eight year old righty Zach Thompson (3-7 4.64 ERA) on Thursday. In his last start, Thompson was tagged for seven runs in five plus innings during an 8-1 home loss versus Miami.
Recent Betting Trends
- Phillies are 11-4 in their last 15 during game 1 of a series.
- Pirates are 2-8 in their last 10 overall.
- Under is 7-2 in Phillies last 9 road games.
- Under is 13-3 in Pirates last 16 games following a loss.
- Under is 7-1 in the last 8 meetings in Pittsburgh.
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