Red Sox at Phillies 9/15/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Sunday MLB schedule will get underway with a matchup between the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies from Citizens Bank Park. Last night, Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly scored Chris Owings with the winning run during a 2-1 victory. Christian Vazquez added two hits and drove in the other run for the Red Sox, who are eight games above .500 overall.

2016 Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello (12-12 5.83 ERA) will take the ball for the Red Sox on Sunday. Porcello has lost consecutive starts and has been tagged for 12 runs over his last eight innings.

The Philadelphia Phillies are five games above .500 overall and running out of time to make a postseason push. On Saturday, Philadelphia managed just five hits and struck out 15 times in defeat. Bryce Harper scored the only run for the Phillies, who are 3.5 games back in the race for the final NL Wild Card spot.

Thirty-six year old southpaw Jason Vargas (6-7 4.31 ERA) will make his ninth start for the Phillies. Vargas, who was traded from New York, has not recorded a win in his brief stint with Philadelphia.