Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies Game 2 Betting Preview
The Arizona Diamondbacks will look to even up the best of seven series on Tuesday in the National League Championship Series. The Phillies won Game One 5-3 on Monday, with three home runs, including two in the first inning.
Arizona’s loss was their first of the postseason after sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in two games and the Los Angeles Dodgers in three. Arizona went 84-78 in the regular season and second in the National League West.
For the Philadelphia Phillies, they are now 6-1 in the postseason. Philadelphia swept the Marlins in two games before beating the Atlanta Braves in three out of four games. The Phillies went 90-72 in the regular season. The Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks are both listed at -110 in this game.
Diamondbacks Looking to learn from Loss
The first loss of the postseason for Arizona saw them fall behind 5-0 early, before Geraldo Perdomo hit a home run in the inning. Alek Thomas drove un the third run of the game for Arizona in the next inning. Arizona ended with just four hits in the game.
So far in the postseason, Corbin Carroll has been strong, with eight hits in 21 at bats. Ketel Marte, Alex Thomas, and Carroll all have two home runs for Arizona so far.
Merrill Kelly is going to take the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 35-year-old went 12-8 in the regular season with a 3.29 earned run average. Kelly struck out 187 batters during the regular season. In the postseason, Kelly went 6.1 innings against the Dodgers and allowed just three hits, and picked up a win.
Philadelphia Bombs Away
Kyle Schwarber started the game with a home run, and Bryce Harper followed suit, and it was 2-0 Phillies. It was the first for Schwarber and the fourth for Harper in the postseason. The Phillies also got one from Nick Castellanos, which was his fifth. The Phillies ended the game with nine hits in the game.
Trea Turner once again had two hits in the game. Turner is now 14 for 28 in the postseason with two home runs and three runs batted in. Bryston Stott is another guy who has had a big postseason, as he is tied with JT Realmuto with seven runs batted in.
The Philadelphia Phillies are also using a veteran starting pitcher in this game. Aaron Nola, the 30-year-old, threw 193.2 innings in the regular season and struck out 202 batters. He went 12-9 with a 4.46 earned run average. Nola, in the postseason, has thrown 12.2 innings and allowed nine hits and just two runs, beating both the Marlins and the Braves.
Phillies Take Commanding Series Lead at Home
This should be a great pitching matchup, but as we know, in the postseason, the team that hits wins. The Phillies can hit the ball out of the park more than any team still playing right now.
This game is going to see more great hitting, and it will go over the total of 7.5. In the end, the Philadelphia Phillies win this game and go up 2-0 in the series.
The final bet is the Philadelphia Phillies -115 over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
