Phillies vs. Astros: Wheeler vs. Blanco Showdown in Philadelphia

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00:00In Philadelphia first, Zach Wheeler and the Pharoahs, a

00:08minus 172 favorite against the Astros who sent out Ronel

00:12Blanco. As we look at the total today in Philadelphia, eight is

00:17the number, the under has the juice. The Astros split their

00:20four-game set, winning the finale yesterday in Baltimore

00:24against the O's this weekend. The Pharoahs taking the final

00:27two games in KC. The offense picking up once again. They

00:31scored at least 11 runs or scored exactly 11 runs, excuse

00:34me, in the last two games. What are your thoughts for game one

00:38today in Philadelphia between the Phillies and the Astros?

00:41You usually get a bigger bump from the home team that's fresh

00:44off of not playing on Sunday night baseball, but if you keep

00:47in mind how close like Houston was playing to Philadelphia last

00:50night, it's not that long of a trip and it's not like, hey,

00:53you know, we played in Los Angeles, so we got to fly to

00:54the East Coast. We just played on Sunday night baseball, so

00:57you'll get a better performance out of the Houston Astros from

00:59a refreshment point, but having said that, Philadelphia

01:01Phillies have been very good this weekend on offense, waking

01:05out of their slumber. If you look at Blanco, he's a right-handed

01:08pitcher, but he does really struggle with left-handed

01:10batters. That's Schwarber, that's Harper, that's Stott,

01:13that's Marsh in this lineup, and also Austin Hayes on the

01:17back end of it. It'll be interesting to see him coming

01:19back into the flow now, fresh off of that hamstring injury,

01:22but if I'm just being optimistic, Zach Wheeler's on

01:25the mound. It's a two-game streak here. These are the

01:27ones you're supposed to win, but I just have this malaise

01:29over the Phillies for me. It's like, okay, we won yesterday.

01:32Everybody in our division lost again. It's okay if we lose

01:35that. Like, I just feel like that's the, and I understand

01:37that's not the psyche of Zach Wheeler taking the mound or

01:39Bryce Harper. I'm like, you know what? Six-game lead, it's

01:41not that big of a deal. Sooner or later, you got to put your

01:43foot down here. It's a nice series win against Kansas City.

01:47Now, you have three games at home up here against Houston,

01:50followed by four games at home against the Atlanta Braves.

01:52You're supposed to go five and two in those games, but also

01:55start these series off with a victory, not climbing from

01:59behind. So, I do think the Phillies have the better

02:01picture on the mound and technically the better lineup

02:03in their home ballpark. They should win this game, but how

02:06many times have you seen me breaking down Phillies games

02:08saying they're supposed to win this game, only to draw dead

02:11and have me go again in the first inning? You know what?

02:14Watch the top of the first. Phillies down two to nothing.

02:16I'm out for the rest of the night here. Just give me

02:18something to enjoy. Watch, not yesterday with Boehm catching

02:21a baseball and stepping on third base as if it's three

02:24outs and there's only two outs. I'm like, I can't even watch

02:26this anymore at this point. So, hopefully they can pick up a

02:28dub tonight. Goodness.

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