Phillies vs Cardinals: The Phillies round out the month of May by kicking off a series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Fresh off of a series win over the Giants, Philadelphia hosts a Cardinals team sat at .500 and will look to prove that they are once again the best team in Baseball.
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Phillies vs Cardinals: Game info
Date: Friday, May 31st
Time: 6:40PM ET
Location: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
TV channel: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Phillies vs Cardinals: Betting info
Spread: Philadelphia Phillies -1.5 (+105) | St. Louis Cardinals +1.5 (-125)
Moneyline: Philadelphia Phillies -198 | St. Louis Cardinals +164
Total: Over/Under 8
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Phillies vs Cardinals: Pitching preview
Aaron Nola (6-2, 3.04 ERA) vs Miles Mikolas (3-5, 5.64 ERA)
After another big win, the Phillies will send Aaron Nola to the mound on Friday night. He’s been electric as of late, allowing 4+ runs just once in his last 10 games. Nola has also stuck out 4+ in each of his last 4, which is absolutely something we could use when looking at prop bets. He faces a Cardinals offense that ranks 17th in batting average this season but 4th over its last 3 games. The Cards are finding some wings and it’s down to Nola to bring them back down to Earth.
Across from Nola will be Miles Mikolas, who has been very solid for St. Louis this season. He’s allowed 6 hits or fewer in 4 of his last 5, giving up 37 runs through 67 innings in the month of May. Philadelphia has been heating up again offensively and have the second-highest batting average in the league. Mikolas will need his best this evening as a result.
Phillies vs Cardinals: Betting preview
The Phillies are favored to win the opening game of this series but the pitching matchup should at least provide some early-inning stability, making the total hard to gauge. Both teams match up very well when it comes down to the bullpen as well. If offense is going to be the difference here, I’m backing the more explosive of the two groups and going with the Phillies to win outright at home.
Betting pick: Phillies -198
Prop bet fun
Aaron Nola’s strikeout line tonight is 6.5. As aforementioned, he’s riding a 4-game streak of striking out 4+, but has only eclipsed this total 5 times in 11 starts. Against a batting lineup that’s finding a rhythm, I’m going to take the value on the UNDER here at -120.
Best Phillies vs Cardinals betting offers
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