Wheeler expected to start for Phillies at Yankees

Updated Aug. 5, 2020 3:20 a.m. ET

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Philadelphia Phillies (1-3, fifth in the NL East) vs. New York Yankees (8-1, first in the NL East)

Philadelphia; Wednesday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler (1-0, 1.29 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 4 strikeouts) Yankees: Jordan Montgomery (1-0, 1.59 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 4 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies play the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

The Yankees went 57-24 at home in 2019. New York hit .267 as a team with 3.8 extra base hits per game and 306 total home runs last year.

The Phillies went 36-45 on the road in 2019. Philadelphia pitchers struck out 8.6 hitters per game last season with a staff ERA of 4.53.

INJURIES: Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm).

Phillies: David Robertson: (elbow), Seranthony Dominguez: (elbow).

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