Phillies and Athletics face off in series decider

Oakland Athletics (36-61, fifth in the AL West) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (62-33, first in the NL East)

Philadelphia; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PROBABLE PITCHING TIPS: Athletics: Joey Estes (3-4, 5.53 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 44 strikeouts); Phillies: Orion Kerkering (2-1, 1.30 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Phillies -259, Athletics +213; Over/Under is 10 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies and Oakland Athletics will play on Sunday, with the winner taking the three-game series.

Philadelphia has a 37-15 record at home and a 62-33 record overall. The Phillies have hit 117 home runs, ranking third in the NL.

Oakland has a 14-36 record in road games and a 36-61 record overall. The Athletics have a 19-41 record in games in which they have allowed a home run.

The teams will face each other for the third time this season on Sunday.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Harper leads Philadelphia with 21 home runs and a .583 slugging average. Trea Turner has hit 15 of 41 home runs and had 13 RBIs in the last 10 games.

Brent Rooker has 18 doubles, two triples and 19 home runs with a .287 batting average for the Athletics. Lawrence Butler has hit 8 for 31 with a double and three home runs in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 6-4, .263 batting average, 4.76 ERA, two runs more than opponents

Athletics: 5-5, .257 batting average, 5.07 ERA, eight runs more than opponents

INJURIES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler: day-to-day (back), Luis Ortiz: 60-day IL (ankle), Spencer Turnbull: 15-day IL (back), Taijuan Walker: 15-day IL (index finger), JT Realmuto: 10-day IL (knee), Michael Rucker: 60-day IL (hand), Dylan Covey: 60-day IL (shoulder)

Track & Field: Luis Medina: 15-day IL (elbow), Tyler Soderstrom: 10-day IL (unknown), Dany Jimenez: 15-day IL (oblique), Abraham Toro: 10-day IL (hamstring), Alex Wood: 60-day IL (rotator cuff), Paul Blackburn: 60-day IL (foot), Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (elbow), Esteury Ruiz: 10-day IL (wrist), Darell Hernaiz: 60-day IL (ankle), Ken Waldichuk: 60-day IL (elbow), Trevor Gott: 60-day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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