Tampa Bay at Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Phillies have a relatively safe lead in the NL East. They lead both the Mets and Braves by seven games. They trail the LA Dodgers by one game for the best record in the NL and home-field advantage through the NL playoffs, as well as overall. The Phillies are 11-4 in their last 15 games. The Rays are 71-72 on the season, and have nothing to play for. The Phillies will go with Christopher Sanchez, who has pitched well. The Phillies are 3-1 in Sanchez' last four decisions, with opponents scoring a total of 10 runs in the four games, and overall, the Phillies are 10-2 in his last 12 home starts. Opponents are struggling as in his his last 11 starts, 10 resulted in opponents plating 4 or fewer runs. I like Philadelphia in this one.