Cardinals at Phillies 6/19/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies will continue their series from Citizens Bank Park. Last night, the Cardinals scored two runs to tie it in the ninth and one run to take the lead in the tenth before falling by a 6-5 final score. St. Louis has dropped five of their last six games and is four games out of first place.

Twenty-four year old righty Luke Weaver (3-6 4.52 ERA) will take the mound for the Cardinals in this matchup. Last time out, Weaver was tagged for nine hits and four runs during a 4-2 loss versus San Diego. The Philadelphia Phillies have won three straight games and are staying in contention in the NL East standings. On Monday, Aaron Altherr came through with a two-run walkoff double past a diving Marcell Ozuna to give the Phillies the win. Philadelphia is six games above .500 overall and 3,5 games behind first place Atlanta.

Philadelphia skipper Gabe Kapler will turn to right-hander Vince Velasquez (5-7 4.74 ERA) on Tuesday. In his last start, Velasquez allowed two runs over six plus frames during a 9-3 victory versus Colorado.