Philadelphia Phillies (97-78) vs Houston Astros (114-57)
Game Info: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 8:03 pm (Citizens Bank Park)
Aaron Nola (13-14) (3.38) vs Cristian Javier (12-9) (2.49)
Betting Odds: Philadelphia Phillies +103 / Houston Astros -111 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies face off on Wednesday in Game 4 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies currently have a 2-1 series lead, and will take real control of this series with a win here.
On Tuesday, it was the Phillies that secured the 7-0 victory. Bryce Harper started the scoring with a two-run home run in the first inning, and they never looked back as they cruised to the easy victory. Kyle Schwarber also had a big night, finishing with one hit, two RBIs, and two runs scored. Ranger Suarez had a nice start for Philadelphia, going five innings and giving up only three hits. The Phillies' bullpen used four different pitchers and each went an inning. The bullpen only gave up two hits total.
For the Astros they finished with five total hits, but couldn’t get any runs to cross the plate. Jose Altuve again struggled, finishing with four at-bats and zero hits. There was no batter with more than one hit. The only good news for the Astros is they only had to use two bullpen members, and that could help them in this game.
On the mound for the Astros is Cristian Javier, who sits with a 1-0 record and an ERA of 1.35. In his last start against the Yankees, he went 5.1 innings, giving up one hit and zero runs.
On the mound for the Phillies is Aaron Nola, who sits with a 2-1 record and an ERA of 4.57. In his last start against the Astros he went 4.1 innings giving up six hits and five runs.
The Astros are 7-0 in Javier’s last seven starts. The over is 5-1-1 in the Phillies last seven World Series games. The over is 7-1 in the Phillies last 8 home games vs. a right-handed starter.
The Astros have won the last seven starts by Javier, and the big reason has been because of his dominance. Javier currently sits with an ERA of 1.35. The Astros also know they can find success scoring against Aaron Nola, and they are going to do it again in this game. Back the Astros on the money line.