The Philadelphia Phillies head to St. Louis on Friday for a best of three series against the Cardinals. The Phillies finished the regular season 3rd in the NL West with'a 87-75 record. Kyle Schwarber led the Phillies with'46 home runs on the season. Alex Bohn led the team in the hits category with 164 hits.
Philadelphia'will send out Zack Wheeler to the mound. Wheeler'is 12-7 on the season with a 2.82 ERA. Wheeler has 163 strikeouts and 33 walks through 153 innings. Wheeler has allowed just 1 run and 9 hits over his last 15 innings of action.
The St. Louis Cardinals finished the season 1st in the NL Central with'a 93-69 record. The Cardinals went 53-28 on their home field. St. Louis beat the Phillies 6-1 in their last meeting back in July. Paul Goldschmidt leads the Cardinals in both the home runs and hits categories.