Braves and Phillies Ready to Ignite NL East Showdown with High-Stakes Drama
For those who haven’t followed along this season, the Braves started the year poorly, but they have rebounded. The team enters tonight’s contest under .500 by two games at just 25-27. You can see where their biggest struggle is – road games. As of right now, the Braves are nine games under .500, having double the number of losses as they do wins on the road. Is that their only issue? No, they also have had some difficulties with injuries. The team does seem to be getting healthier though with Ronald Acuna Jr. back in the lineup and now Spencer Strider back. Strider pitches tonight. Right now, he has only thrown 9.1 innings this season, and he has allowed six earned runs for the year. The Braves have lost both of Strider’s starts, and I am a bit concerned about if they will let him get a ton of pitches in just his second start back from the injured list. The Phillies can’t be too excited that Strider is back on the hill. He has held them to just 40 hits in 207 at-bats. That doesn’t mean there hasn’t been success against him, but it is few and far between.
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