Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies 6/7/19 – MLB Pick, Preview, Prediction
With the Cincinnati Reds, the team is definitely looking like a team that could start to improve on the year. The downside is the Reds are a team that has had some battles that they have fallen short in and at times it is because of the lack of offensive production on the year. The Phillies, though, are definitely going to have to do something that can help them improve on the year as they have not been able to really play that great on the season recently and have not looked impressive at all as can be seen by the number of losses that have mounted.
Cincinnati Reds Preview
This season the Reds offense has been very weak with a .235 average and only 473 hits. The Reds have been able to score only 265 runs and have hit the ball into the stands 85 times. Derek Dietrich is the power hitter for the Reds with a total of 17 homers. Jose Iglesias is the hitter when it comes to contact for the Reds with a .299 average. Eugenio Suarez is the player who has managed to drive in the most runs on the year with 40 RBIs.
When it comes to pitching the Reds have been able to post a 3.65 ERA on the year with an average of .236 by the opponent. The Reds have struck out 586 batters and walked only 195 batters. Tyler Mahle is the pitcher who will start the game for the Reds. Mahle has thrown 61.1 innings on the year with 67 strikeouts, but has allowed 63 hits and 14 walks. All of that has converted to a 2-5 record with a 4.26 ERA for Mahle.
Philadelphia Phillies Preview
When the Phillies go to bat they have managed to get 517 hits and that has converted to a .245 average. With the Phillies the team has managed to hit a total of 74 homers on the year with 305 runs scored. Rhys Hoskins is the power hitter for the Phillies with 13 homers. Jean Segura has managed to hit at a clip of .292 on the season. Bryce Harper has been able to drive in a total of 44 runs for the Phillies.
The pitching for the Phillies has been suspect at time with an ERA of 4.27 on the season while allowing the opponent to hit at a clip of .260 this year. The Phillies have ended up striking out 530 batter and walked 214 batters on the season. Zach Eflin is the pitcher the Phillies plan on starting in this game here. He has thrown 65.2 innings with 51 strikeouts, but has allowed 64 hits and 14 walks. Eflin has been able to post a 5-5 record and a 3.02 ERA.
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My FREE MLB Pick: Philadelphia Phillies
The Reds are bouncing all over the place on the season, but sadly the Reds fans are going to be disappointed again as the Reds are unable to really do much against the Phillies in this game. Not to mention Mahle is not that good of a pitcher for the Reds and that actually makes it difficult for the Reds to keep the Phillies offensively potential under wraps as the Phillies are able to dominate the game on the offensive side and bring home a decent win. Final Score Prediction, Philadelphia Phillies win 6-2.
