{"id":703832,"date":"2026-05-20T08:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703832\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:24:22","slug":"phillies-and-reds-meet-winner-claims-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703832\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies and Reds meet, winner claims 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Reds<\/a> (25-24, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> (25-24, second in the NL East)<\/p>\n

Philadelphia; Wednesday, 1:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Andrew Abbott<\/a> (3-2, 4.21 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Phillies: Aaron Nola<\/a> (2-3, 5.91 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Phillies -145, Reds +122; over\/under is 10 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia is 13-13 in home games and 25-24 overall. The Phillies have a 16-6 record in games when they did not allow a home run.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has a 25-24 record overall and a 12-13 record on the road. The Reds have a 15-8 record in games when they record at least eight hits.<\/p>\n

The matchup Wednesday is the third time these teams meet this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Harper<\/a> has nine doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 30 RBIs for the Phillies. Kyle Schwarber<\/a> is 13 for 43 with a double, nine home runs and 16 RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Spencer Steer<\/a> has nine doubles, seven home runs and 18 RBIs for the Reds. JJ Bleday<\/a> is 11 for 36 with four doubles, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 8-2, .237 batting average, 2.30 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs<\/p>\n

Reds: 5-5, .255 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs<\/p>\n

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

Reds: Jose Trevino: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Rhett Lowder: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Caleb Ferguson: 15-Day IL (oblique), Eugenio Suarez<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), 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 (25-24, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (25-24, 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":[2397],"tags":[1206,2001,5,12054,1207,50,1105,92,75686,2102,1952,21334,81,19,14093,4,144,25,4216,40,6288,23295],"class_list":["post-703832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-phillies","tag-aaron-nola","tag-andrew-abbott","tag-baseball","tag-brandon-williamson","tag-bryce-harper","tag-cincinnati-reds","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-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-philadelphiaphillies","tag-phillies","tag-spencer-steer","tag-zach-pop"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116605947942284847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703832","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=703832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703832\/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=703832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}