Braves vs Diamondbacks Prediction
The Atlanta Braves will play the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 2 of their series on Saturday night at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
Braves Preview
The Atlanta Braves are 33-24 this season and they have lost five of their last seven games. Prior to losing the first game in this series, Atlanta lost two out of three games against Oakland. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.66 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .241 opponent batting average this year. The Braves offense has scored 284 runs with a .255 batting average and a .327 on base percentage. Matt Olson is batting .231 with 17 home runs and 42 RBI’s for the Braves. The projected starting pitcher for Atlanta is Spencer Strider, who is 5-2 with a 2.97 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP over 63.2 innings pitched this season.
Diamondbacks Preview
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 35-23 this season and they have won six games in a row. Arizona won Game 1 in this series by a score of 3-2 on Friday night. The Arizona pitching staff has a 4.26 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 290 runs with a .261 batting average and a .324 on base percentage this season. Corbin Carroll is batting .288 with nine home runs and 24 RBI’s for the Diamondbacks. The projected starting pitcher for Arizona is Ryne Nelson, who is 2-2 with a 5.37 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP over 57.0 innings pitched this year.
Trends
Atlanta is 45-18 in their last 63 game two’s of a series and 1-4 in their last 5 Saturday games. The over is 3-1-1 in Atlanta’s last 5 game two’s of a series. Arizona is 4-1 in their last 5 Saturday games and 7-3 in their last 10 game two’s of a series. The under is 4-0 in Arizona’s last 4 game two’s of a series. Atlanta is 4-1 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams have played very well to start the season and they are two of the top eight scoring teams in baseball. Atlanta is starting Spencer Strider, who has allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts. Arizona is starting Ryne Nelson, who has allowed one earned run or fewer in two of his last three starts, but did allow five earned runs against Colorado in his last start. I like the Braves -1.5 in this game.
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