Braves and Phillies Ready to Ignite NL East Showdown with High-Stakes Drama
The Phillies have had a bit of a roller coaster year, but they are certainly trending up right now. The team was just seven games over .500 about two weeks ago, and then they ran off eight straight wins. In that stretch, they only had two games that they won by one run, everything else was by two or more. May has actually been a really good month for them. They are 17-6 this month, and at worst, they end May with a 17-11 record. For the season, the Phillies are hitting .261 for the season and they are averaging almost five runs per game. Tonight, they look to get the offense going, while Ranger Suarez holds down the Braves offense. Suarez is 3-0 with a 3.70 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. This is just Suarez’s fifth start of the season. He’s had two great ones, and two terrible ones. His road starts, he has gone 13.2 innings and allowed no earned runs. In his home outings, he allowed 10 earned runs in 10.2 innings. Braves hitters haven’t been phenomenal against Suarez, but they have been better than the Phillies are against Strider. Braves hitters are batting .241 against him, but no one truly stands out aside from maybe Austin Riley.
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