A nail-biting win in St. Louis has the Phillies knocking on the NL East door
A 6-2 victory over the Cardinals wasn’t without stress for Phillies fans when Edubray Ramos got the final out with the bases loaded in St. Louis.
Now a pitching duel is set between Jake Arrieta and Michael Wacha, who’ve won seven combined games this year with fantastic ERAs.
With weather potentially being a factor, the Phillies hope to get their 10th win in the month of May.
Here’s the information needed for tonight’s game between Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Date: May 18, 2018
First Pitch: 8:15 PM ET
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Pitchers: Michael Wacha (4-1 3.09 ERA) vs Jake Arrieta (3-1 2.59 ERA)
Radio Station: 94 WIP, WSAN AM 1470 WTTM 1680; KMOXX 1120
TV Channel: NBCSP; FS-M
Stream: NBC Philadelphia
Philadelphia
- Cesar Hernandez, 2B
- Rhys Hoskins, LF
- Odubel Herrera, CF
- Carlos Santana, 1B
- Jorge Alfaro, C
- Nick Williams, RF
- Scott Kingery, 3B
- Pedro Florimon, SS
- Jake Arrieta, SP
Arrieta has a 2.27 ERA in 17 starts against the Cardinals with 107 strikeouts in 99 innings.
St. Louis
- Tommy Pham, CF
- Matt Carpenter, 3B
- Jose Martinez, 1B
- Marcell Ozuna, LF
- Jedd Gyorko, SS
- Dexter Fowler, RF
- Kolten Wong, 2B
- Francisco Pena, C
- Michael Wacha, SP
Wacha has allowed two runs or less in each of his last five starts with a 1.86 ERA during that span.
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Wacha has a 4.40 ERA in five starts against Philadelphia and failed to pitch past the fourth in his last appearance against them.