The Philadelphia Phillies (65-49) and the Texas Rangers (60-56) meet on Friday to begin a three-game series, with the first pitch at 8:05 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field. Philadelphia has Cristopher Sanchez starting, while Texas counters with Merrill Kelly.

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Phillies vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Phillies (-129)
• Underdog: Rangers (+109)
• Over/under: 7.5

Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Phillies betting info

• The Phillies have been the moneyline favorite 92 total times this season. They’ve finished 57-35 in those games.
• Philadelphia has a 50-26 record (winning 65.8% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -129 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Phillies a 56.3% chance to win.
• Philadelphia has played in 114 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 49 times (49-59-6).
• The Phillies have gone 56-58-0 ATS this season.

Phillies hitting info

• Kyle Schwarber has racked up a team-best 40 home runs and 94 runs batted in.
• Schwarber’s home runs rank second in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
• Trea Turner’s .284 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Turner ranks 129th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 107th in RBI.
• Turner has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .200 with a double, a triple, two walks and an RBI.
• Bryce Harper is batting .266 with 25 doubles, 17 home runs and 50 walks.
• Nick Castellanos has 23 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 23 walks while batting .266.

Phillies pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Phillies has a collective 9.3 K/9, the second-best in MLB.
• Philadelphia has the ninth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.76).
• Phillies pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in baseball (1.235).
• Phillies pitchers combine to allow 127 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (13th-fewest in the majors).
• Philadelphia fell to the Orioles 5-1 in its last game with four strikeouts while allowing 10 hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have been underdogs in 58 games this season and won 21 (36.2%) of those contests.
• Texas has entered 33 games this season as the underdog by +109 or more and is 7-26 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 47.8% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 48 of its 116 games with a total this season.
• The Rangers have an ATS record of 65-51-0 in 116 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Marcus Semien is batting .227 with 13 home runs and 57 RBI for Texas this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Semien is 106th in home runs and 59th in RBI.
• Josh Smith leads Texas in batting with a .269 average while slugging nine homers and driving in 30 runs.
• Smith is 167th in homers and 211th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Corey Seager is slugging .465 this season, with a team-high 16 home runs. He’s also collected 40 RBI.
• Wyatt Langford has collected 87 hits this season and has an OBP of .328. He’s slugging .416 on the year.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the big leagues.
• Texas pitchers have the lowest combined ERA in the majors at 3.24.
• Rangers pitchers have a 1.166 WHIP this season, first-best in the majors.
• The Rangers have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 108, or 0.9 per game.
• Texas suffered a 3-2 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Yankees batters while allowing six hits.