Despite being known across baseball as “the lowly Phillies”, the team heads across state to take on the Pirates in an effort to change their recent poor luck with tacking on digits in the win column.
With a record of 22-39 and losers of 13 of their last 16 games, the Phillies have a major league worst .361 winning percentage. Their seven road wins are fewest of any big league team by a considerable margin as well. Meanwhile, the Pirates (32-27) , who have been to the National League wild card play-in game in each of the past two seasons, are trying to make their way in a tough NL Central.