NL division series preview: Phillies vs. Braves odds, prediction and picks

The Atlanta Braves host the Philadelphia Phillies in a best-of-five divisional round series. Atlanta had a bye during the wild-card round, while Philadelphia had to fight its way in with back-to-back road victories over the Cardinals.

Philly is playing Atlanta in the NL division series.

Philly is +1.5 (-130) and Atlanta is -1 -110.

Ranger Suárez (10-7, 3.65 ERA) will start for the Phillies against Max Fried (14- 7, 2.48 ERA). The Braves are a -162 favorite in this game. The Phillies had the highest batting average against left-handers in the league. Bryce Harper has a .286/.375/.571 line against Fried. The game starts in five innings. I'm backing the visitors. iReport.com. It's a game to be played on the first five runs. For the rest of the game, I'll play the scoreline on a first-five-run basis.