Fresh off a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Phillies will host the Los Angeles Angels for three games at Citizens Bank starting tonight at 6:40PM. 

Phillies Hunt for Red October

The Phillies maintained a 3.5 game lead in the No. 1 NL Wild Card spot after dismantling the already-broken Cardinals over the weekend. 

Yesterday, Aaron Nola pitched seven scoreless innings in the Phillies’ 3-0 win, a day removed from Zack Wheeler and the Phillies offense dominating the Cards in a 12-1 win on Saturday. 

Post Deadline Nightmare

After deeming themselves buyers at the MLB Trade Deadline, the Angels have fell flat on their faces. They are just 63-68 on the season and 4-6 over their last 10 games. The Angels are in fourth place in the AL West and and 10.5 games out of an AL Wild Card spot. 

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Starting Pitchers: Angels vs Phillies 

• Taijuan Walker (13-5, 4.02 ERA) vs Lucas Giolito (7-10, 4.32 ERA) 
• Michael Lorenzen (7-8, 3.69 ERA) vs Tyler Anderson (5-5, 5.35 ERA)
• Cristopher Sanchez (2-3, 3.33 ERA) vs Reid Detmers (3-10, 5.03 ERA) 

Lucas Giolito vs Taijuan Walker

Tonight, Taijuan Walker (13-5, 4.02 ERA) is expected to start against Angels’ pitcher Lucas Giolito (7-10, 4.32 ERA). 

Walker threw five innings in a no-decision, allowing six hits, two earned runs, and two walks while striking out seven in his last start against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday. Over his last seven starts, he’s 3-2 with 28 strikeouts and 19 walks, boasting a 4.02 ERA. 

Lucas Giolito took the loss against the Cincinnati Reds last Tuesday, giving up five hits and one earned run over six innings. Giolito has dropped two straight starts and is 3-2 with a 3.59 ERA in his last 15 starts with the White Sox and Angels. 

Hittin’ Season: Phillies Strong Month of August

ON FIRE 🔥

Bryce Harper: .360 BA, 31 H, 7 HR, 19 RBI, 19 R

Trea Turner: .302 BA, 29 H, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 17 R

Nick Castellanos: .288 BA, 30 H, 8 HR, 22 RBI, 15 R

TRENDING UPWARDS 📈

JT Realmuto: .288 BA, 19 H, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 11 R

Johan Rojas: .295 BA, 18 H, HR, 10 RBI, 9 R

SPARK NEEDED 💥

Alec Bohm: .255 BA, 24 H, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 16 R

Bryson Stott: .267 BA, 23 H, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 15 R

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Look for the Phillies to keep things trending in the right direction. The St. Louis Cardinals had no business winning baseball games in South Philly over the weekend and honestly, the Angels don’t either.

We’re winning 2 of 3 easily but a sweep and a six game winning streak before playing Milwaukee on Friday would be absolutely perfect.

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