The Philadelphia Phillies (55-42) match up with the Los Angeles Angels (48-49) after Bryce Harper homered twice in a 6-5 loss to the Angels. The Phillies are favored (-131) in this matchup with the Angels (+110), which begins at 6:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Taijuan Walker gets the starting nod for Philadelphia, and Yusei Kikuchi is Los Angeles’ choice to start.
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Moneyline
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Phillies to win vs Angels -131
Phillies vs. Angels betting lines
- Favorite: Phillies (-131)
- Underdog: Angels (+110)
- Over/under: 9.5
Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Phillies betting info
- The Phillies have won 63.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (48-28).
- Philadelphia has gone 39-20 (winning 66.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -131 or shorter.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Phillies have an implied win probability of 56.7%.
- Philadelphia has played in 97 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 40 times (40-53-4).
- The Phillies have a 48-49-0 record against the spread this season (covering 49.5% of the time).
Phillies hitting info
- Kyle Schwarber has racked up a team-high 31 home runs and 70 runs batted in.
- Schwarber’s home runs rank fourth in MLB and he ranks eighth in RBI in MLB.
- Trea Turner’s .288 batting average leads his team.
- Turner ranks 102nd in homers and 97th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
- Nick Castellanos is hitting .271 with 22 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 22 walks.
- Harper is hitting .268 with 19 doubles, 12 home runs and 43 walks.
- Harper enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .500 with six doubles, three home runs, three walks and five RBIs.
Phillies pitching rankings
- The Phillies pitching staff is third in the majors with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Philadelphia has a 3.68 team ERA that ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Phillies combine for the 13th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.254).
- Phillies pitchers combine to give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (98 total, one per game).
- Philadelphia struck out 12 Angels batters while giving up 10 hits in a 6-5 loss in its last game.
Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Angels betting info
- The Angels have been underdogs in 73 games this season and won 35 (47.9%) of those contests.
- This season, Los Angeles has won 28 of its 62 games, or 45.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least +110 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Angels have a 47.6% chance to win.
- Los Angeles’ games have gone over the total in 51 of its 97 chances.
- The Angels have an ATS record of 54-43-0 in 97 games with a spread this season.
Angels hitting info
- Nolan Schanuel has been key for Los Angeles with 95 hits, an OBP of .364 plus a slugging percentage of .399.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Schanuel’s home run total is 153rd, and his RBI total is 97th.
- Taylor Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs with 22 and runs batted in with 67.
- Ward ranks 12th in homers and 11th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
- Zach Neto’s batting average of .278 leads all Los Angeles hitters this season.
- Neto enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .357 with three doubles, two home runs, five walks and three RBIs.
- Jo Adell has collected 72 hits this season and has an OBP of .316. He’s slugging .490 on the year.
- Adell takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .190 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs.
Angels pitching rankings
- The Angels strike out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- Los Angeles has the 26th-ranked ERA (4.64) in the majors this season.
- The Angels have a combined 1.448 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
- With 125 homers allowed, the Angels rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Los Angeles earned a 6-5 win in its most recent game, striking out seven Phillies batters while allowing seven hits.
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