Aaron Nola will get to pitch in front of his home fans in Philadelphia a final time Wednesday before he likely gets the chance to pitch in the All-Star Game later this month.

Nola will be on the mound as the Phillies close out a brief Authentic Logan Cooke Jersey , two-game set with the Baltimore Orioles at Citizens Bank Park. The game, which is Philadelphia’s final home contest before the All-Star break, will start at 4:05 p.m. on the holiday.

Nola (10-2, 2.48 ERA) has been dominant all season for the Phillies, but he has been especially good at home. The 25-year-old is 7-0 with a 1.77 ERA and 0.911 WHIP in eight starts at Citizens Bank Park this season.

Nola, who has never pitched against Baltimore, has not surrendered more than three earned runs in any of those home starts. Last Thursday, he gave up one run on five hits and two walks and struck out eight in 7 2/3 innings against the Washington Nationals. Nola got the win in the Phillies’ 4-3 victory.

“I actually thought he got stronger as he inched towards the end of the game,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler told MLB.com regarding Nola. “Even there in the last inning, somewhere around that 105-pitch mark, it almost seemed like he was getting sharper.”

The Phillies are 29-16 at home after Tuesday night’s 3-2 win against the Orioles. Philadelphia has more home wins than any team in the National League, but after Wednesday the club won’t play at Citizens Bank Park again until July 20.

The Phillies will try to get their 30th home win of the season against Orioles rookie Yefry Ramirez.

A right-hander Cheap Brian O'Neill Jersey , Ramirez (0-1, 2.89) will be making just the second start of his major league career. The 24-year-old went 4 1/3 innings against the Boston Red Sox on June 13, giving up three runs on four hits while striking out six in his first start.

Ramirez threw five scoreless innings of relief against the Seattle Mariners last Thursday in his only other big league appearance. He had a 3.88 ERA and averaged 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings in 14 starts with Triple-A Norfolk this season.

“I don’t want to broadcast it for the other team, but the changeup,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter told the Baltimore Sun when speaking about Ramirez’s strong points. “Hitters are so much more in swing mode, so to speak, up here. It’s because they’re good hitters. That’s why they’re in the big leagues. … He’s having a good year down there.”

The Orioles have lost eight of their last nine games and are 0-2 against the Phillies this season. At 24-60 they have the worst record in baseball. Baltimore did not lose its 60th game of the 2017 season until Aug. 13.

Philadelphia, meanwhile, has won three games in a row and five of its last six. At 46-37, the Phillies have a chance to go 10 games over .500 for the first time this season with another win.

Wednesday marks the third straight season the Phillies have played a home game on the Fourth of July. They lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on the holiday last year.

Michael Floyd made it clear that he's looking for a fresh start to what's left of his once-promising NFL career.

So the St. Paul, Minnesota, native Cheap Frank Ragnow Jersey , who floundered with his hometown Vikings last season, is now working on the opposite end the Mississippi River, trying to show Sean Payton and Co. why the New Orleans Saints were right to give him a look.

"I think I still have a lot to offer. I'm only 28," the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Floyd said Thursday, after his second practice with the Saints on Thursday. "I don't think I'm too old."

Saints coach Sean Payton described the signing as relatively low risk this early in camp, when rosters are at 90 players and the club has about a month to evaluate players before trimming its roster to the regular season maximum of 53.

"I think I know what he can be," Payton said. "That's the cool thing about coaching, is when you get somebody and you feel like you can make a difference."

Receivers coach Curtis Johnson added that the Saints' style of offense "allows guys like him to be productive," whether it be blocking on the edge for the Saints' strong running game or rising up in the end zone for a Drew Brees fade pass.

"He's a very physical player. I thought he caught the ball well today," Johnson said. "So, his size and his speed can really help us."

Floyd was a prominent receiver for Arizona early in his career. He had 1 Authentic Alexander Alexeyev Jersey ,041 yards and five touchdowns receiving in 2013 and no fewer than 841 yards in each of the two seasons after that. But his production 鈥?and the arc of his career 鈥?dipped considerably in 2016, a season marred by a drunken driving arrest and late-season release from the Cardinals.

New England snapped him up en route to a Super Bowl triumph that season, but Floyd's contributions to the Patriots' success were limited at best. In two regular season games, he caught four passes, including a 14-yard TD. He had one catch in New England's playoff opener 鈥攚hen he also had an interception bounce off his hands 鈥?and was scratched for the AFC title game and Super Bowl.

Last season, Floyd played in 11 games for the Vikings after serving a four-game suspension by the NFL for using a banned substance. He finished the regular season with only 10 catches for 78 yards.

In free agency, Floyd was not heavily sought after. He had a tryout with Baltimore but remained unsigned when training camps opened. He signed this week with New Orleans, which was looking to add receivers because of injuries to three young players at that position.

A handful of other teams had offered tryouts, but Floyd and his agent, Brian Murphy of Athletes First, decided to be selective about accepting such invitations.

"What we learned last year in Minnesota is that what appears to be good fit on the surface might not necessarily end up being ideal, and it's nobody's fault http://www.seahawksauthorizedshops.com/authentic-ed-dickson-jersey ," Murphy told The Associated Press by phone. "We were very careful this year to pinpoint teams where we were confident Michael would have an opportunity to contribute."

Floyd said it was important to him to join a team with players he knew. The Saints roster includes linebacker Manti Teo, Floyd's former college teammate at Notre Dame. Floyd also was already acquainted with Saints running back Shane Vereen and right tackle Ryan Ramczyk, who also are represented by Athletes First.

"There's a lot of things that come into play when you're choosing to be on a team," Floyd said. "I chose Minnesota last year just because I know a whole bunch of guys on the team and I knew what they're about. And playing with (Vikings tight end) Kyle Rudolph in college, it's something that I think, in my life, that I wanted to be around guys that were close to me."

Why didn't his stint with the Vikings work out? It appeared Floyd preferred not to express any opinion about that when he smiled wryly and said, "I have no idea."

In New Orleans, Floyd said he sees "a great team, a great coach and guys that I've been knowing for a decade. It's always good to go on a team and have guys that you already know. It makes a lot of things more smooth."

Floyd also alluded to what he hopes will be a blossoming relationship with the prolific Brees.

"Having a (projected) Hall of Fame quarterback throwing you the ball 鈥?I think that makes a big difference," Floyd said.

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