The Philadelphia Phillies host the St. Louis Cardinals Miles Mikolas takes the mound for the Cardinals and the Phillies will go with Christopher Sanchez for the Phillies. St. Louis remains in last place in the NL Central and has the second-worst record in the National League ahead of only the Colorado Rockies. On the mound, Miles Mikolas will be making his 28th start of the season on Friday. Mikolas is 6-9 with a 4.55 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP Christopher Sanchez will be making his 13th start of the season on Friday. Sanchez is 1-3 with a 3.36 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP this year. He has thrown two consecutive quality starts. The Phillies enter Thursday's off day with a 2.5-game lead for the first wild card spot in the NL. They have a 36-25 home record. Sanchez has only given up more than three runs in one of his 12 starts this season. With three wins in their last four games, the Phillies are hot for their playoff push, The Phillies are 10-4 over their last 14 home games. The Cardinals, meanwhile, are 27-35 on the road and have dropped three of their last four on the road.

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