The St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies will open a 3-game set tonight at Citizens Bank Park. The Cardinals are red hot, winners of 12 of their last 15, but if anyone can slow them down it’s Philadelphia. The best team in baseball has won 6 straight at home and is 22-8 overall at Citizens Bank Park. The expected starter for the Phillies is Aaron Nola and he has been on his mark. Nola is 6-2 with a 3.04 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and is 7-3 in his career against the Cardinals with a 2.54 ERA. St. Louis will send Miles Mikolas to the hill. He is 3-5 with a 5.64 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP and last year he was 0-2 against Philadelphia with a 7.50 ERA. The Phillies are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with the Cardinals and have the edge in runs scored, run differential, batting average, hits, homers, etc., etc., etc.
TONIGHT’S PICK: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES