Phillies take on the Cardinals on home winning streak

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St. Louis Cardinals (66-64, third in the NL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (71-58, second in the NL East)

Philadelphia; Saturday, 6:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Quinn Mathews (0-0); Phillies: Andrew Painter (2-8, 6.43 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 71 strikeouts)

LINE: Phillies -134, Cardinals +112; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies will try to keep a five-game home win streak alive when they face the St. Louis Cardinals.

Philadelphia has a 71-58 record overall and a 36-30 record at home. The Phillies have a 52-8 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

St. Louis has a 66-64 record overall and a 34-30 record in road games. The Cardinals have a 25-10 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Saturday's game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The season series is tied 2-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Schwarber leads the Phillies with 37 home runs while slugging .522. Alec Bohm is 19 for 41 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 12 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Alec Burleson has 33 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 93 RBIs for the Cardinals. Jordan Walker is 15 for 40 with five doubles, four home runs and 13 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 8-2, .284 batting average, 3.24 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .245 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

INJURIES: Phillies: Felix Reyes: 60-Day IL (wrist), Rafael Marchan: 10-Day IL (knee), Tanner Banks: 60-Day IL (forearm), Caleb Kilian: 15-Day IL (oblique), Brad Keller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Rojas: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adolis Garcia: 60-Day IL (lat)

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: day-to-day (forearm), Everson Pereira: day-to-day (hand), Andre Pallante: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ramon Urias: 60-Day IL (elbow), Max Rajcic: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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