I'm hoping the Phillies have Deja Vu all the way up to the point where they change last year's script to a World Series winner. We had the Phillies last night and like them tonight however the best play is over 8 runs tonight. Philly starter Aaron Nola will be facing the fish for the 4th time this year and he allowed four runs or more in all of the first 3 starts. Miami lefty Braxton Garrett is 50 innings over his career high this year and in both games against Philly allowed 3 runs in 5 innings. There is a good chance this game is 4-3 after five innings. Ah there is another bet. First five over four runs.

Philly is the Vibe Capital of the baseball world right now and it hasn't gotten annoying just yet. Team that with the Phillies being far more talented than the Marlins and it's hard to see Game 2 being much different than Game 1. The Phillies should've actually scored more runs, too, and they didn't even need the longball. The Marlins probably have a better chance of getting to Aaron Nola than they did Zack Wheeler, but I'm still confident in a multi-run win, so it's the run line (-1.5, +143).

The Marlins looked overmatched in Game 1. After scoring the fifth-fewest runs during the regular season, they were limited to one run by Zack Wheeler and the Phillies’ bullpen. Another difficult matchup awaits them in Aaron Nola, who had a 3.29 ERA and 0.97 WHIP at home during the regular season. Don’t expect them to have enough firepower to extend this series.

Will play 1.5 units on the Phillies like I did Tuesday as I believe they should finish off the punchless Marlins behind Aaron Nola on Wednesday even if he didn't have great 2023 numbers vs. Miami. He finished the year with back-to-back quality starts and was quite a bit better at home overall. The Fish's Braxton Garrett gave up three runs over five innings in each of his two starts vs. the Phillies this season and several of their batters have very good career splits off him.