How to watch Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants (8/27/23): FREE live stream, time, odds
The Atlanta Braves, by far the best team in baseball this season, will take the stage for ESPN’s Sunday night game. Start time is 7:10. p.m.
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They will meet the host San Francisco Giants, who are 3-7 in their past 10 games and have fallen a game and a half out of a wild-card spot after leading all other contenders just a couple of weeks ago.
The Braves (84-44) made the playoff back in June, or at least it feels that way. They rank first in the majors in batting average, on-base %, runs, home runs and slugging %. And to show they’re not just an offensive powerhouse, which they are, the Braves ranked third in earned run average.
They have won the first two games of the series.
Ronald Acuna Jr. has 30 doubles, three triples, 28 home runs and 74 RBI for the Braves. Marcell Ozuna is 17-for-33 with three doubles, five home runs and 11 RBI over the last 10 games.
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Right now, there doesn’t appear to be a team in baseball that could beat them in a three-game, five-game or seven-game series.
Jared Shuster (4-2, 5.00 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 25 strikeouts) will start for the Braves and Tristan Beck (3-2, 3.34 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 57 strikeouts) will get the nod for the Giants. Shuster, a right-hander, was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the week.
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LaMonte Wade Jr leads the Giants (66-63, third in the NL West) with a .256 batting average, and has 14 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs, 66 walks and 36 RBI. Michael Conforto is 12-for-30 with a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games.
The Braves are favored, at -140, while the underdog Giants have +115 odds to play spoiler. The total is 10 runs for this game.
