The Philadelphia Phillies are on the brink of elimination after their 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves yesterday in the best of 3 NL Wild Card Series. Today at Truist Park the Phillies will turn to southpaw Cristopher Sánchez to throw strikes and that is what the 2-time All-Star does. Sánchez was 18-7 in the regular season with a 2.91 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP but has to go deep into the game with Philadelphia’s shaky bullpen if they want to push this series to a Game 3. The Braves will send Tyler Mahle to the hill. He was 7-10 in the regular season with a 3.99 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and in his last turn in a losing cause against the Cincinnati Reds Mahle was tagged for 5 runs on 6 hits over 5 frames and the Reds prevailed 7-6. This Phillies team is loaded with heavy hitters like Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, etc., etc., and Donnie Baseball will have his boys ready.
TODAY’S PICK: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES