Gray and Nola’s Secret Weapons: What Hitters Won’t See Coming This Season

Don’t look now, but we are cookin’ with gas! I’ve gone 5-0-1 on my past six plays and am looking to keep rolling. I mentioned before that I knew that I would get on a roll and May has been a good month after a fairly tough April. I know that eventually a streak will come to an end, but right now, we want to keep extending it as much as possible. Today, the Cardinals are taking on the Phillies and we are looking to take down another unit.

The Cardinals are playing their best baseball of the season and look like they could be a competitive team. They are currently 23-19 for the season, but they are five games under .500 on the road. The Cardinals are looking to win their 10th straight game today. They took two of three from the Mets before sweeping both the Pirates and Nationals. The biggest question is if this is a one-time streak or if this team has actually improved. There have been 42 Cardinals games this season. In the first 21 games, they went 9-12. The next 21, they’ve gone 14-7. This could be a very streaky team all season. One guy who has been pretty consistent for them has been Sonny Gray. Gray is 4-1 for the season with a 3.50 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. He has been equally good on the road as he has been at home. Gray has a quality start in four of his past five outings. Phillies hitters have been just okay against him with a .230 batting average. About a third of the at-bats have ended in a strikeout, and of the 34 hits he has allowed in 148 at-bats, none have left the yard. 

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