Philadelphia at St. Louis

Defending NL champ Philadelphia has a winning record both home and away. The offense is ninth in runs scored, seventh in on-base percentage, and fifth in slugging, while the relief staff is seventh (3.66 ERA). Starter Ranger Suarez has excellent stuff with 104 strikeouts in 107+ innings along with a 2.89 ERA on the road. The Phillies are 39-24 as chalk of -150 or less, plus 52-34 on the road after a victory. Last place St. Louis is getting outscored by 74 runs, the fourth-worst differential in the NL. They came home from a grueling nine-game trek and lost the opener of this series to the Phillies yesterday, 5-4. The offense is 17th in runs scored while the relief staff is 22nd (4.54 ERA). 35-year-old starter Miles Mikolas has a 5.33 ERA at home this season and got crushed by Philadelphia last month in a 7-2 loss. The Cardinals are 35-45 after a loss and 19-32 against NL teams averaging 4.5+ runs. Play Philadelphia.