Zackš Wheeler gets the ball for the Philadelphia Phillies (87-58) Wednesday, looking for his 15th win of the season in a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays (71-74). The Phillies and Wheeler are -229 favorites to pick up the win in the contest, which starts at 6:40 p.m. ET on BSSUN, live from Citizens Bank Park.
Wheeleą¹r will get the ball for Philadelphia while Tampa Bay will counter with Shaną¶£e Baz.
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Phillies and Rays Betting Trends
The Phillies have been the moneyline favorite 117 total times this season. They’ve finished 74-43 in those games.
Philadelphia has gone 17-5 when it has plaź§yed as moneyline favorites with odds of -229 or shorter (77.3%ź¦ winning percentage).
This season, the Rays have won 35 out of the 77 games, or 45.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Tampa Bay has played as an underdog of +191 or more once this season and losą²t that game.
The Pš®hillies have played in 145 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over tāhe total 68 times (68-70-7).
The Rays’ games have gone over the total in 65 of their 145 chances.
Phillies Stats & Insights
The Phillies have the No. 5 offense in MLB action scoring 4ź¦.9 runs per game (711 total runs).
Philadelphia ranks ninth-best in baseball with 176 total home runsį¦.
The Phāillies have the fourth-best battinź¦g average in the majors (.260).
Philadelphia strikes out 8.4 times per game toš rank 13th in šbaseball.
The pitching staš“ff for the Phillies has a collective 8.9 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
Philadelphia has the sixth-rāanked team ERš„A among all MLB pitching staffs (3.73).
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays have scored the 28th-most runs inš the league this season with just 559 ź¦(3.9 per game).
Tampa ź¦Bay ranks 28th in Major League Baseball with just 132 home runs as a team.
The Rays have a team batting aź¦verage of just .231 this season, which ranks 27th among MLB teams.
Tampa āBay ranks 25th in strikeoutšs per game (9.2) among MLB offenses.
The Rays have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitchinź¦«g staffāØ, which ranks 12th in the big leagues.
Tampa Bay pitchers have aā combined ERA of 3.91 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
Phillies Key Players to Watch
Wheeler gets the start for the Phillies, his 29th of the season. He is 14-6 with a š°2.59 ERA and 190 strikeouts in 173 2/3 innings pitched.
Kyle Schwarber leads Philadelphia in home runs (35) and rāuns battedš in (95) this season while batting .251.
Bryce Harper is batting .291 with an OBP of .378 and a slugging pešrcentage of .528 this sšeason.
Trea Tuš®rner is batting .299 to lead Philadelphia, while adding 18 homers and 55š¬ runs batted in this season.
Nicholas Castellanos is batting .244 with an š¹OBP of .301 and a slugging percentage of .407 this season.
Rays Key Players to Watch
Baz (2-3) will tāake to the mound for the Rays and maške his 11th start of the season.
Yandy Diaz has racked up a team-high batting average of .280 and leaāds the Rašys in runs batted in (65).
Christopher Morel hasš hit 21 home runs to pace his team.
Brandon Lowe is hitting .244 witš”h 19 doubles, two triź§ples, 17 home runs and 32 walks.
Jose Caballero has 23 doubles, a triple, nine home runs šand 25 walks while batting .š¦231.
Phillies and Rays Injuries
Phillies: Edmundo Sosa: 10 Day IL (Back), Alec Bohm: 10 Day IL (Hand), Austin Hays: 10 Day IL (Kidney infection), Rodolfo Castro: 60 Day IL (Thumb), Spencer Turnbull: 60 Day IL (Bš°ack), Luis Ortiz: 60 Day IL (Ankle), Kyle Schwarber: day-to-day (Elbow)
Rays: Richard Palacios: 10 Day IL (Knee), Colin Poche: 1š5 Day IL (Shoulder), Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 15 Day IL (Elboā±w), Shane McClanahan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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