00:00Phillies in the Reds this week from Philadelphia.
00:02Take a look at this series, too, because you might say to yourself,
00:04well, the Phillies are playing much better baseball, and they are,
00:06but only 500 on the season, 23-23.
00:09And then you take a look and say, what are the Cincinnati Reds doing?
00:11You look at the standings.
00:12Oh, no, they're in last place, but they're still above 500
00:15because of how successful the Central Division has been at 24-22.
00:20Three games set from Philadelphia, and once again, as we talked about, Craig,
00:24in New York with the Yankees and the Blue Jays,
00:26heat and humidity in the hitter's ballpark, it could be fun.
00:29The pitching matchups, well, Dolo versus Painter, Burns versus Luzardo,
00:33Abbott versus Nola.
00:35You look at Andrew Painter, decent in his last start, Craig,
00:37five innings pitched, giving up the one-earned run.
00:39The Phillies did lose that game, but it's been a roller coaster.
00:42Some good starts, some not good starts, because if you look at overall in the season,
00:46the ERA, 6.21.
00:48Nola, who got drilled in his last game, and the Phillies might be looking at,
00:51we gave this guy how many years and how much money.
00:54We might get some true fireworks in the ballpark at Citizens Bank this week, Craig.
00:58Yeah, probably so.
01:00And the Reds, I think, will swing it a little bit better than they have
01:03in the early part of the year.
01:04But look, that matchup Tuesday is a real good one between Burns and Luzardo.
01:08Luzardo has been really good for them.
01:11And unfortunately for the Phillies, they can't pitch Sanchez every day,
01:13so he's got to wait another four days to pitch.
01:16But look, I think it'll be a competitive series,
01:19but the Phillies are just playing better baseball than the Reds right now.
01:22So I expect them probably to win two out of three.
01:24Yeah, we'll see what happens.
01:25And by the way, Schwerber, 20 bombs on the season.
01:27Does he extend that here in the race to 70 bombs for Schwerber?
01:31It could be at this point.
01:33He's swinging that hot bat.
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