The Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals face off on Friday in a National League Wild Card MLB showdown at Busch Stadium.
The Phillies come into this game with an 87-75 record overall but they struggled to close the season losing two straight games against the Houston Astros. The Phillies' offense only scored two runs in the two games. The Phillies offense is hitting .253 and that is eighth best in the league. This is a team that has also stolen 105 bases and is ranked 5th in the league. The team is ERA is 3.97 which is 18th in the league. They have also only given up 150 home runs which is 5th. The playoffs for the Phillies will probably come down to how good the pitching is. Kyle Schwarber has hit 46 home runs and driven in 94 RBIs.
On the other side of this matchup is the Cardinals who sit with a 93-69 record overall but they lost two of their last three games against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cardinals as a team have a batting average that is .252 and that is 10th in baseball. As a team they have a team ERA of 3.79 which is 10th best in the league. Paul Goldschmidt has hit 35 home runs and driven in 115 RBIs.
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