Phillies vs. Tigers: Harper's Home Run Streak Heats Up
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00:00to Detroit. Rubber match today in this midweek set between the
00:06Phillies and the Tigers. Terrence Scooble, sensational
00:09yesterday to even this series at one game apiece for Detroit.
00:14Bryce Harper did hit his fifth home run in the last six games
00:18in the Philz a road favorite today. Spencer Turnbull makes
00:22his return to Detroit where he spent the entirety of his MLB
00:26career before joining the Philz this year in 2024. Who wins the
00:30rubber match, Philadelphia or Detroit? Afternoon action about
00:3480 degrees at first pitch wind blowing out to left field at
00:36seven miles an hour. So some decent hitting conditions today.
00:39Here's the issue. Spencer Turnbull's going back into that
00:41starting lineup. He was nothing short of sensational when he was
00:44there through the first part of the season before giving way to
00:47Taiwan Walker. But if we are looking at his numbers, you
00:49know, 212 batters on the season, very good ISO, very good weighted
00:53on base percentage. If we only take a look at the 22 left
00:56handed batters that he's faced in the last month, he's had an
00:58issue with those, but that's not a great sample size here. And
01:00certainly the one thing we know that's not a great roster for
01:03the Detroit Tigers. So if you are saying Spencer Turnbull has a
01:06chance to maybe give it up a little bit against left handed
01:09batters, there's not great batters at Riley Green probably
01:11should be in your forecast, but do maybe, but outside of that,
01:14it's not a great lineup. So if I'm just going to lean on the
01:16Phillies have a better one through nine and possibly the
01:19better pitcher on the mound today, they should be able to
01:21bounce back in their performance. But also I'm not
01:23going anywhere and saying to myself, well, I think the
01:25Phillies will bounce back with a ton of runs. There's another
01:27lefty on the mound today that does have some decent statistics
01:30that they haven't seen this picture before. So probably
01:32under in the forecast, but a Phillies victory, much like I
01:35thought yesterday, which ended with an under, but a Phillies
01:37loss.