Eflin, Phillies to take on Godley, Red Sox

Posted August 18, 2020 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies (8-9, third in the NL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (6-17, fifth in the NL East)

Boston; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Zach Eflin (0-1, 3.60 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 15 strikeouts) Red Sox: Zack Godley (0-2, 8.16 ERA, 2.02 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)

LINE: Phillies favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 10 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies face the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.

The Red Sox went 38-43 on their home field in 2019. Boston hit .269 as a team last year while averaging 9.6 hits per game.

The Phillies went 36-45 on the road in 2019. Philadelphia pitchers had an ERA of 4.53 last season with a staff WHIP of 1.37.

The teams meet for the first time this year.

INJURIES: Red Sox: Chris Sale: (elbow), Eduardo Rodriguez: (heart), Andrew Benintendi: (rib), Dustin Pedroia: (knee).

Phillies: David Robertson: (elbow), Reggie McClain: (shoulder), Spencer Howard: (blister), Seranthony Dominguez: (elbow), Roman Quinn: (undisclosed), Adam Haseley: (left wrist).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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