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How to watch Phillies vs. Cardinals: TV channel and streaming options for August 12

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The Philadelphia Phillies visit the St. Louis Cardinals at 2:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, with both teams hoping to win the series. Zack Wheeler (10-3, 2.69 ERA) will start for the Phillies, who are 64-57 this season and second in the NL East. Kyle Leahy (8-4, 3.45 ERA) is starting for the Cardinals, who are 60-60 and third in the NL Central.

How to watch Philadelphia Phillies vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Phillies vs. Cardinals odds

Favorite Moneyline: Phillies -169
Underdog Moneyline: Cardinals +140
Total: 8
Total Over Odds: -110
Total Under Odds: -110

Injury reports

Phillies

Rafael Marchan: 10 Day IL (Knee), Caleb Kilian: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Johan Rojas: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Brad Keller: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Adolis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Lat), Tanner Banks: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Aaron Nola: day-to-day (Knee)

Cardinals

Ramón Urías: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Max Rajcic: 60 Day IL (Elbow)

Stats to know

Bryce Harper is hitting for a .252 BA, .370 OBP and .495 SLG with a 21% strikeout rate and a 16% walk rate. His OPS is .865, which ranks 14th in MLB, and he has scored 72 runs. In 514 plate appearances, he has hit 25 home runs (15th in MLB) and driven in 71 runs (19th in MLB). Harper has been crafty on the base paths, recording seven steals on 12 attempts.
In 502 plate appearances, Luis Arraez is hitting .314/.349/.432 with a .781 OPS and 10 steals on 10 attempts. He has hit five long balls, driven in 48 runs and scored 56 times.
Alec Burleson is hitting for a .285 BA, .351 OBP and .479 SLG with a 16.5% strikeout rate and an 8.7% walk rate. His OPS is .830 and he has scored 64 runs. In 504 plate appearances, he has hit 19 home runs and driven in 81 runs (5th in MLB).
In 495 plate appearances, Jordan Walker has hit 23 long balls, tallied 83 RBIs (4th in MLB) and scored 71 runs. He is batting .284/.341/.488 and has posted a 24.6% strikeout rate and a 7.7% walk rate. Walker has recorded 15 steals on 20 attempts.

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Tennent’s Soccer Sixes to return with legends version in October

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All 12 Scottish Premiership clubs will enter a team into a legends version of cult indoor tournament the Tennent’s Soccer Sixes later this year.

The revived event, backed by the SPFL, will take place at Braehead Arena on the weekend of 3 and 4 October and be broadcast on Premier Sports.

Group stages will be played on Saturday, with the winner and runner-up from three regionalised groups of four teams progressing to the knockout stage along with the two best third-placed teams.

Every game will have a winner, with a bonus point for a penalty shootout win in the event of a draw after normal time. The sin bin will also be in operation.

The Tennent’s Soccer Sixes was a staple of the Scottish football scene for nine years from 1984, with clubs fielding many of their leading players.

Partick Thistle, who are in the Scottish Championship and therefore will not play in this year’s revived event, were the winners of last tournament in 1993.

SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: “The Tennent’s Sixes has a special place in the hearts and minds of a generation of football fans and we are absolutely thrilled to get the band back together again with the official endorsement of the SPFL.”

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European Athletics Championship: Great Britain’s Max Burgin and Ben Pattison through to 800m final

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August 12, 2026

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Great Britain’s Max Burgin and Ben Pattison finish first and second in their semi-final races to qualify for the 800m final, while Ireland’s Mark English also qualifies for the final after breaking the European Athletics Championship record time for the event.

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Ipswich reach agreement in principle to sign Strasbourg’s Julio Enciso

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August 12, 2026

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Julio Enciso, wearing a blue Strasbourg shirt, points to the sky with both index fingers after scoring for the French club.

The 22-year-old Paraguay international joined Strasbourg from Brighton & Hove Albion in September 2025. SEBASTIEN BOZON / Getty Images

Ipswich Town have reached an agreement in principle to sign Julio Enciso from Strasbourg.

Enciso, 22, joined Chelsea’s sister club Strasbourg from Brighton & Hove Albion in September 2025 and scored 12 goals in 44 appearances across all competitions last season.

Prior to that move, the Paraguay international, who represented his country at this summer’s World Cup, spent six months on loan with Ipswich during the second half of the 2024-25 season, when they were relegated under then-head coach Kieran McKenna.

McKenna led Ipswich back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, winning promotion last season after finishing second in the Championship, before stepping aside.

The Northern Irishman has since been replaced by Gary O’Neil, the former Strasbourg coach, under whom Enciso worked last year.

Any deal remains subject to a final agreement and Enciso undertaking a medical. If completed, he would become the newly-promoted club’s eleventh new signing of the summer, following — among others — Fulham pair Issa Diop and Sasa Lukic, Toulouse forward Emersonn, and former Leicester City winger Abdul Fatawu.

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