The Atlanta Braves will play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of their series at Busch Stadium on Friday night.
The Atlanta Braves are 78-48 this season and have won six of their last seven games. Atlanta is coming off of a series win against Pittsburgh, where they won all three games played in the series. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.53 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .230 opponent batting average this season. The Braves offense has scored 622 runs with a .252 batting average and a .317 on base percentage. Austin Riley is batting .284 with 31 home runs and 82 RBI’s for the Braves this season. The projected starter for Atlanta is Spencer Strider, who is 7-4 with a 2.95 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP over 100.2 innings pitched this season.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 72-53 this season and have won 10 of their last 12 games. St. Louis is coming off of a series win against the Chicago Cubs, where they won three out of the five games played in the series. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.78 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .241 opponent batting average. The Cardinals offense has scored 609 runs with a .259 batting average and a .330 on base percentage this year. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .339 with 33 home runs and 105 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Jose Quintana, who is 4-5 with a 3.45 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP over 122.2 innings pitched this season.
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