Preview: Phillies at Dodgers LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The Philadelphia Phillies visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium in a matchup of National League contenders, with first pitch scheduled for 7:10 p.m. under cloudy skies and 60-degree temperatures. Philadelphia (29-27) enters the game having won three straight, including a 3-0 shutout of the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. The Phillies send right-hander Zack Wheeler to the mound. Wheeler is 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA this season. The Dodgers (36-20) own the best record in the NL and are coming off a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday. Los Angeles counters with left-hander Justin Wrobleski, who is 6-2 with a 3.01 ERA. Players to watch Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez has been dominant over his past five starts. He threw seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts in Wednesday’s win at San Diego, and has not allowed an earned run in his last three starts spanning 24 innings. In his past five outings, Sánchez has pitched at least seven innings in each, allowing zero earned runs in four of them, while striking out 45 batters. Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani continues to excel both on the mound and at the plate. On Wednesday, he earned the win as a pitcher, tossing six innings of one-run ball with seven strikeouts and no hits allowed. In that same game, he hit a home run and drove in a run. Over his past five games, Ohtani is batting .286 with two homers and five RBIs, while also posting a 1.00 ERA across 11 innings pitched. Recent results Philadelphia has won six of its last 10 games. Shortstop Trea Turner went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in Wednesday’s victory. The Phillies’ rotation has been sharp, allowing two earned runs or fewer in eight of their last 11 games. Los Angeles has won eight of its last 10. Center fielder Andy Pages went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI on Wednesday. The Dodgers’ offense has averaged 6.1 runs per game over that span. Projection and odds Interstat’s game simulator projects a 7-6 Dodgers victory. Interstat’s ELO system gives Los Angeles a 63.20 percent probability to win. Despite that, Philadelphia has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The over/under is 7.5 runs. The three-game series continues Saturday and Sunday. Following this series, the Phillies return home to host the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, while the Dodgers travel to face the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.