Cincinnati Reds (26-50) vs Atlanta Braves (45-33)
Saturday, July 02, 2022 at 4:10 pm
Spencer Strider to start for Atlanta. Strider in seventeen appearances has an ERA of 3.02 with WHIP 1.08. The righthander is striking out 36.2% with 10.1% walks. Ground balls recorded at 39.7% with limited home run damage. Tyler Mahle to start for Cincinnati. Mahle has started sixteen games with an ERA of 4.53 and WHIP 1.27. The veteran a strikeout rate of 26.1% with 8.6% walks. Ground balls sit at 34.2% with 0.93 home runs per nine innings. A FIP of 3.38 suggests an improvement to his ERA if these numbers hold. Braves win the opener of this series 9-1 and have won six of nine. Three straight losses for Cincinnati as they have given up 32 runs total in these games. Reds bullpen has performed poorly at home with an ERA of 5.68. Play Atlanta on run line -1.5 runs at -111.