Miami Marlins vs Philadelphia Phillies MLB Betting Preview
The Phillies have all sorts of injury problems, and they have started out the season by winning just one of their first four games.
Miami Marlins vs. Philadelphia Phillies MLB Betting Preview
Starting Pitchers: Miami (Johnson) vs. Philadelphia (Halladay)
Date/Time: April 11, 7:15 p.m. EST on ESPN
MLB Gambling Odds from BetOnline
Moneyline: Phillies (-132) Marlins (+122)
Runline: Phillies -1.5 (+165) Marlins +1.5 (-190)
Total: 6
Miami dominated the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Monday afternoon.
After a day off these two teams will be back in action Wednesday night in primetime. Two of the best pitchers in the National League will square off in what should be a great game.
Josh Johnson started opening night in Miami against the Cardinals, and he didn’t have his best stuff. Johnson went 6 innings and gave up three earned runs. He’ll need to be better in this one, because you can’t expect to score too many off Halladay.
Jose Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio look like a perfect one-two punch at the top of the order. Both can hit for average and absolutely burn up the base paths. Giancarlo Stanton is the slugger in the middle of the order. Stanton missed the team’s last game, but he is expected to play in this contest. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Ozzie Guillen was suspended for five games, and he isn’t expected to be in the dugout for this one.
Philadelphia has scored a total of eight runs in four games so far this year. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard were the two main guys in the middle of the order, and they are clearly hurting without them in the lineup. It is only four games into the season, but the Phillies have a grand total of one home run so far this year.
They have a team batting average of .198.
Guys like Jimmy Rollins and Placido Polanco are going to have to heat up. The good news for the Phillies is they have Roy Halladay going in this one. He threw eight innings and allowed just two hits and no runs on Opening Day.
The Phillies are 39-12 in Halladay’s last 51 starts. This isn’t a great lineup, but at a short price like this I’ll take the Phillies.
MLB Free Pick: Phillies ML
