The best team in baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies, looked out of sorts yesterday when they fell to the lowly Oakland Athletics at home, 6-2, but they will get back on track today in the middle game of their 3-game set. Two rookies will oppose each other with Tyler Phillips getting the nod for the Phillies and Mitch Spence for the A’s. Phillips’ only outing in the Bigs was against the Atlanta Braves and he was impressive, allowing just 1 run with 7 Ks in 4 innings of work. On the flip side, Spence is 5-5 with a 4.29 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and was lit up in his last turn against Baltimore, yielding 7 hits and 5 runs in a 6-3 loss. The Phillies are 36-15 at Citizens Bank Park and rarely lose two in a row.
TODAY’S PICK: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES