Astros vs Phillies World Series Predictions, Odds & Schedule
The Philadelphia Phillies are on their way to their first World Series in more than a decade. The Houston Astros are unbeaten in the regular season and are the picture of perfection at home.
The Astros are the favorite in the World Series against the Phillies. Game 1 is on Friday, October 28 at a time yet to be announced. FOX Sports is carrying the broadcast of the series in USA, while Canadians can watch on Sportsnet.
The Astros and Phillies played a three-game regular-season series Oct. 3-5. Houston won two of the three games. The other game was won by Philadelphia. They have met in the playoffs once before in 1980.
Dusty Baker has won the most games (2,093) of any MLB manager without winning a World Series. The Phillies eliminated the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS last season.
Houston is #3 in the AL with an 89-79 record against the runline this season. Philadelphia was 2-1 against Houston this year.
The World Series starts on Friday. Justin Verlander, who led the AL with 18 wins, is the likely starter for Game 1. The Astros can follow with Framber Valdez, Lance McCullers Jr and Cristian Javier. Philadelphia will start with Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola and then with Ranger Suarez and Bailey Falter.
The Houston Astros were the only AL team to have an ERA under 3.00 and a WHIP under 1.10 this season. The team's starting rotation allowed four earned runs over 23.1 innings of work against the Yankees in the ALCS. Houston pitchers struck out 50 Yankees batters. During the regular season, the Astros clouted 214 home runs to finish second in AL.
Phillies have a staff ERA of 3.06 and a WHIP of 0.97 in the postseason. The Phillies have also clouted a playoff-leading 16 long balls. Philadelphia’s .749 OPS is second among postseason squads.
Houston is just the fourth team to open the MLB postseason 7-0. The most recent was the 2020 Braves. Houston joins the 2007 Colorado Rockies and 2014 Kansas City Royals as the third team that swept to the World Series with 7 or more wins. Both of those teams lost the series.
