Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals 10/7/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 10/06/2022 at 8:21 PM ET

Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals 10/7/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Philadelphia Phillies head to St. Louis on Friday for a best of three series against the Cardinals. The Phillies finished the regular season 3rd in the NL West with a 87-75 record. Kyle Schwarber led the Phillies with 46 home runs on the season. Alex Bohn led the team in the hits category with 164 hits.

Philadelphia will send out Zack Wheeler to the mound. Wheeler is 12-7 on the season with a 2.82 ERA. Wheeler has 163 strikeouts and 33 walks through 153 innings. Wheeler has allowed just 1 run and 9 hits over his last 15 innings of action.

The St. Louis Cardinals finished the season 1st in the NL Central with a 93-69 record. The Cardinals went 53-28 on their home field. St. Louis beat the Phillies 6-1 in their last meeting back in July. Paul Goldschmidt leads the Cardinals in both the home runs and hits categories.

Jose Quintana will make his 33rd start on the mound for the Cardinals. Quintana went 6-7 during the regular season with a 2.93 ERA. Quintana has 137 strikeouts and has pitched 165.2 innings this season.Quintana has allowed just 1 run and 10 hits over his last 14 innings over work.

The Philadelphia Phillies get the edge in game one with Zack Wheeler being on the mound. The Phillies have a dangerous lineup that will give Jose Quintana some issues. This series may be in St. Louis but they have a very tough test in town. Back the road team in the first game of this series. Final Score Prediction, Philadelphia Phillies win 4-2.

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