Philadelphia Phillies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks NLCS Game 4 odds, tips and betting trends

The Philadelphia Phillies visit the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 4 of the NLCS on Friday at 8:07 PM ET at Chase Field. The Phillies have a 2-1 series lead.

As the favorite, the Phillies (-132 moneyline odds) play at the Diamondbacks (+113). The probable starters are Cristopher Sanchez (3-5, 3.44 ERA) for the Phillies against Joe Mantiply (2-2, 4.62 ERA) for the Diamondbacks.

These squads play again after the Diamondbacks’ 2-1 victory over the Phillies yesterday. Paul Sewald (1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K) picked up the win for the Diamondbacks. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI to lead the team on offense. Craig Kimbrel (0.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 K) took the loss on the mound for the Phillies.

Ahead of the Phillies vs. Diamondbacks, here’s what you need to get ready for Friday’s playoff action, including viewing options.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks odds and betting lines

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• Favorite: Phillies (-132, bet $132 to win $100)
• Underdog: Diamondbacks (+113, bet $100 to win $113)
• Over/under: 9.5

• This season, the Phillies have been favored 117 times and won 71, or 60.7%, of those games.
• Philadelphia has entered 79 games this season favored by -132 or more and is 52-27 in those contests.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 56.9% chance of a victory for the Phillies.
• Philadelphia and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 78 of 171 opportunities.
• In 171 games with a spread this season, the Phillies are 80-91-0 ATS.

• Sanchez (3-5) takes the mound for the Phillies in his 19th start of the season. He has a 3.44 ERA in 99 1/3 innings pitched, with 96 strikeouts.
• The left-hander last appeared in relief on Saturday, Sept. 30, when he threw one scoreless inning against the New York Mets without surrendering a hit.
• The 26-year-old has an ERA of 3.44, with 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings, in 19 games this season. Opponents have a .235 batting average against him.
• Sanchez has collected seven quality starts this year.
• Sanchez will look to secure his 15th game of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages 5.2 innings per appearance.
• In four of his 19 total appearances this season he has not given up an earned run.
• He meets a Diamondbacks offense that ranks 14th in the league with 746 runs while batting .250 as a unit. It has a collective .408 slugging percentage (17th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 166 home runs (22nd in MLB).

• The Phillies have hit 220 homers this season, which ranks eighth in the league.
• Hitters for Philadelphia rank fifth in the majors with a combined .438 team slugging percentage.
• The Phillies rank eighth in MLB with a .256 team batting average.
• Philadelphia has scored 796 runs this season, which ranks eighth in MLB.
• The Phillies have an on-base percentage of .327 this season, which ranks ninth in the league.
• Philadelphia ranks 23rd in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.1 whiffs per contest.

• The Diamondbacks have come away with 47 wins in the 95 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
• This season, Arizona has been victorious 27 times in 59 chances when named as an underdog of at least +113 or longer on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Diamondbacks have a 46.9% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• Arizona’s games have gone over the total in 74 of its 170 opportunities.
• The Diamondbacks are 94-76-0 against the spread in their 170 games that had a posted line this season.

• Mantiply (2-2 with a 4.62 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Diamondbacks, his fourth of the season.
• His most recent appearance was out of the bullpen on Wednesday when the lefty tossed a third of an inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, surrendering three earned runs while allowing three hits.
• The 32-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.62, with 6.5 strikeouts per nine innings in 35 games this season. Opponents are hitting .236 against him.
• He has had 23 appearances this season in which he did not surrender an earned run.
• He will face a Phillies offense that ranks eighth in the league with 796 total runs scored while batting .256 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .438 slugging percentage (fifth in MLB action) and has hit a total of 220 home runs (eighth in the league).
• Mantiply has pitched 3 1/3 innings, giving up seven earned runs on nine hits while striking out one against the Phillies this season.

• The Diamondbacks rank 22nd in MLB play with 166 total home runs.
• So far this year, Arizona is 17th in the majors, slugging .408.
• The Diamondbacks have the 13th-ranked batting average in the league (.250).
• Arizona scores the 14th-most runs in baseball (746 total, 4.6 per game).
• The Diamondbacks rank 14th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .322.