{"id":702194,"date":"2026-05-18T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/702194\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:12:23","slug":"phillies-host-the-reds-to-open-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/702194\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies host the Reds to open 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Reds<\/a> (24-23, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> (24-23, second in the NL East)<\/p>\n

Philadelphia; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Nick Lodolo<\/a> (0-1, 8.68 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, eight strikeouts); Phillies: Andrew Painter<\/a> (1-4, 6.21 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Phillies -125, Reds +105; over\/under is 9 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies host the Cincinnati Reds to open a three-game series.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has a 12-12 record at home and a 24-23 record overall. The Phillies have the sixth-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .394.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has an 11-12 record on the road and a 24-23 record overall. The Reds have the eighth-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .391.<\/p>\n

The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Marsh<\/a> has nine doubles, a triple and four home runs for the Phillies. Kyle Schwarber<\/a> is 13 for 43 with a double and nine home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Spencer Steer<\/a> has eight doubles and seven home runs for the Reds. JJ Bleday<\/a> is 11 for 37 with four doubles, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 7-3, .245 batting average, 3.33 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs<\/p>\n

Reds: 4-6, .252 batting average, 6.03 ERA, outscored by 10 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Phillies: Kyle Backhus<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Pop<\/a>: 15-Day IL (calf), Max Lazar<\/a>: 60-Day IL (oblique)<\/p>\n

Reds: Jose Trevino: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Caleb Ferguson: 15-Day IL (oblique), Eugenio Suarez<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Rhett Lowder: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brandon Williamson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Emilio Pagan<\/a>: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Hunter Greene<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Reds (24-23, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (24-23, second in the NL East) Philadelphia;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5161,5,6157,12054,535,50,4259,1105,92,75686,2102,1952,21334,81,19,14093,4,1331,25,536,6288,23295],"class_list":["post-702194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-reds","tag-andrew-painter","tag-baseball","tag-brandon-marsh","tag-brandon-williamson","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-cincinnatireds","tag-emilio-pagan","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-event_preview","tag-hunter-greene","tag-jj-bleday","tag-kyle-backhus","tag-kyle-schwarber","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-max-lazar","tag-mlb","tag-nick-lodolo","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-reds","tag-spencer-steer","tag-zach-pop"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116595519905396627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}