Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies 8/23/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Cincinnati Reds will look to play spoiler when they battle the Philadelphia Phillies from Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night. The Reds (48-72) are 14 games below .500 on the road and have been unable to overcome their dreadful 3-22 start to the season. Last night, Cincinnati C Austin Romine hit a solo shot during a 4-1 road loss against Philadelphia.

Rookie left-hander (3-4 4.12 ERA) will make his 12th career major league start for the Reds. Last time out, Lodolo fanned eight batters across seven shutout frames during a 1-0 home victory versus Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Phillies have dropped six of their previous ten games and are currently in second place in the NL Wild Card race. On Monday, Philadelphia OF Nick Castellanos homered and drove in two runs to supply the offense. SP Noah Syndergaard (8-8) limited the Reds to one run in seven innings to earn the win for the Phillies (67-55).

The Phillies will turn to twenty-six year old lefty Ranger Suarez (8-5 3.31 ERA) on Tuesday. In his last five starts, Suarez has allowed seven runs (4 ER) and struck out 29 batters across 30 plus innings.