The Atlanta Braves will play the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of their series at Citizens Bank Park on Friday afternoon. The series is tied 1-1.
The Atlanta Braves were 101-61 in the regular season, but have lost three of their last five games. Atlanta won Game 2 of this series by a score of 3-0 on Wednesday. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 2.50 ERA, a 1.00 WHIP, and a .227 opponent batting average this postseason. The Braves offense has scored nine runs with a .206 batting average and a .315 on base percentage. Matt Olson is batting .500 with one home run and 4 RBI’s for the Braves this postseason. The projected starter for Atlanta is Charlie Morton, who was 9-6 with a 4.34 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP over 172 innings pitched in the regular season.
The Philadelphia Phillies were 87-75 during the regular season and have won three of their last four games. Philadelphia defeated the Cardinals in two games to advance out of the Wild Card round. The Phillies won Game 1 of this series by a score of 7-6 on Tuesday. The Philadelphia pitching staff has a 3.09 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .195 opponent batting average. The Phillies offense has scored 15 runs with a .195 batting average and a .270 on base percentage this postseason. Bryce Harper is batting .429 with one home run and one RBI for the Phillies this postseason. The projected starter for Philadelphia is Aaron Nola, who threw 6.2 innings of shutout baseball against the Cardinals in the Wild Card round.
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