Phillies Aim for Sweep Against Astros in Tense Matchup
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00:00Let's take it back out to the bank. The Philadelphia Phillies taking on the Houston Astros and
00:08it's the Phillies looking to sweep the three-game series. A couple of starting arms who have
00:13been a little vulnerable to say the least. Spencer Arrighetti gets the start here for
00:18the Strohs with a 4-9-4 ERA and it's Taiwan Walker getting the ball there for the Phillies.
00:24It's Houston projected at minus 108. Okay, so very close to a pick-em there with that
00:29market slightly changing. Expected to be another close game here this afternoon, Donnie.
00:34Yeah, how about that too? The first two games we pick out here, massive implications in
00:39the standings and we're not getting those massive numbers like minus 180, minus 175,
00:43roughly a pick-em on both sides. And how about this? Spencer Arrighetti to start his Major
00:47League season wasn't very good, but he hasn't been that bad, particularly over the past
00:5160 days here, Dubs. We take a look at him, 51 and two-thirds innings pitch, an ERA at
00:56an XFIP number that I love to pay attention to. At a 3.75, it's very manageable. And even
01:02though the Philadelphia Phillies technically have come out of their shell over the past
01:05couple of games, their numbers over the past month don't show them doing extremely well
01:10against right-handed pitching. Kyle Schwarber and JT Riemuto, similar to yesterday we talked
01:14about, still having the best numbers against right-handed pitching. The rest of that lineup
01:18leaves a lot to be desired. Even though Arrighetti's not a fantastic pitcher, he has been performing
01:22well as of late. You flip it over to the Philadelphia Phillies side with Taiwan Walker on the
01:26mound. He has been absolutely brutal on the season, 288 batters in totality. Now he did
01:31spend some time in the IL, but a 248 iso against and a weighted-on-base percentage of 389.
01:37If we just look at the past 30 days, only 57 batters he's faced. But if you focus on
01:42the 26 right-handed batters that he went up against, Dubsy, a 636 iso and a weighted-on-base
01:49percentage of 664. This might be the last stand for Taiwan Walker staying in that starting
01:56rotation. And this is a big game today. Maybe we get runs because also 95 degrees at first
02:02pitch at 405 today at Citizens Bank Park. We might be looking at runs here.