The Atlanta Braves will play the New York Mets in a double header on Saturday at Citi Field.
The Atlanta Braves are 64-43 this season and have won five of their last seven games. Atlanta won Game 2 of this series by a score of 9-6 on Friday night. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.62 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .230 opponent batting average this season. The Brave offense has scored 513 runs with a .250 batting average and a .314 on base percentage. Austin Riley is batting .297 with 29 home runs and 69 RBI’s for the Braves this season. The projected starter for Atlanta in Game 1 is Jake Odorizzi, who is 4-3 with a 3.75 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP over 60 innings pitched this season. The projected starter in Game 2 for Atlanta is Max Fried, who is 10-3 with a 2.58 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP over 132.1 innings pitched this season.
The New York Mets are 67-39 this season and have won nine of their last 11 games. New York won Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-4 on Thursday night. The New York pitching staff has a 3.62 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, and a .234 opponent batting average. The Mets offense has scored 504 runs with a .258 batting average and a .328 on base percentage this year. Pete Alonso is batting .278 with 29 home runs and 91 RBI’s for the Mets this season. The projected starter for New York in Game 1 is David Peterson, who is 5-2 with a 3.54 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP over 73.2 innings pitched this season. The projected starter in Game 2 for New York is Max Scherzer, who is 7-2 with a 2.13 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP over 88.2 innings pitched this season.
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