The Philadelphia Phillies (24-16) take on the St. Louis Cardinals (22-19) after Kyle Schwarber homered twice in a 3-0 win over the Guardians. The Phillies are favored (-185) in this matchup with the Cardinals (+154), which starts at 6:45 p.m. ET on Monday. Cristopher Sanchez starts for Philadelphia, and Matthew Liberatore is St. Louis’ choice to start.

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Phillies vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Phillies (-185)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+154)
• Over/under: 8

Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Phillies betting info

• The Phillies have put together a 20-12 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 62.5% of those games).
• Philadelphia has a record of 8-1 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -185 or shorter (88.9% winning percentage).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Phillies’ implied win probability is 64.9%.
• Philadelphia has had an over/under set by bookmakers 40 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 18 of those games (18-21-1).
• The Phillies have a 21-19-0 record against the spread this season.

Phillies hitting info

• Schwarber has accumulated a team-high 14 home runs and 32 runs batted in.
• Among batters in baseball, Schwarber ranks first in homers and seventh in RBI.
• Schwarber enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
• Bryce Harper is batting .237 with eight doubles, seven home runs and 28 walks.
• Harper ranks 40th in homers and 45th in RBI this season.
• Trea Turner leads the Phillies with a team-high batting average of .310.
• Bryson Stott is batting .262 with five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 14 walks.

Phillies pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Phillies has a collective 9.8 K/9, the first-best in the majors.
• Philadelphia has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.77).
• Pitchers for the Phillies combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.251).
• Phillies pitchers combine to give up 40 total home runs at a clip of one per game (12th-fewest in MLB).
• In its 3-0 win last time out, Philadelphia struck out 11 Guardians batters while allowing three hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been underdogs in 27 games this season and won 14 (51.9%) of those contests.
• St. Louis has not won as an underdog of +154 or more on the moneyline this season in three such games.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 39.4% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 22 of 41 chances this season.
• The Cardinals are 23-18-0 against the spread in their 41 chances this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Lars Nootbaar is batting .244 this season with a team-high six home runs.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Nootbaar is 59th in home runs and 45th in RBI.
• Nootbaar takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .286 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.
• Brendan Donovan’s batting average of .318 leads all St. Louis hitters this season.
• Donovan ranks 152nd among hitters in the majors in home runs, and 78th in RBI.
• Nolan Arenado has 38 hits this season and a slash line of .270/.352/.426.
• Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (six) and runs batted in (23) this season while batting .255.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals have a 7.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in baseball.
• St. Louis has pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
• The Cardinals rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.233 WHIP this season.
• The Cardinals have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 31 home runs allowed.
• St. Louis earned a 6-1 win in its most recent game, striking out eight Nationals batters while allowing five hits.