Atlanta Braves\u00a0(45-24, first in the NL East) vs.\u00a0New York Mets\u00a0(31-38, fifth in the NL East)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New York; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves:\u00a0Martin Perez\u00a0(4-3, 3.02 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); Mets:\u00a0Sean Manaea\u00a0(1-1, 5.02 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 45 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Mets -113, Braves -106; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves head into the matchup with the New York Mets as losers of three straight games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New York has gone 17-17 in home games and 31-38 overall. The Mets have a 7-12 record in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atlanta has a 45-24 record overall and a 23-13 record on the road. Braves pitchers have a collective 3.28 ERA, which leads the majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday’s game is the second time these teams square off this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS:\u00a0Juan Soto\u00a0has five doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 32 RBI for the Mets.\u00a0Bo Bichette\u00a0is 12 for 39 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and 12 RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Harris II\u00a0has nine doubles and 13 home runs for the Braves.\u00a0Matt Olson\u00a0is 12 for 41 with a double and four home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 5-5, .227 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by three runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Braves: 5-5, .232 batting average, 4.13 ERA, outscored opponents by one run<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Mets: Luis Robert: 60-Day IL (back), Kodai Senga: 15-Day IL (spinal lumbar ),\u00a0Jorge Polanco: 10-Day IL (wrist),\u00a0Francisco Lindor: 10-Day IL (calf),\u00a0Justin Hagenman: 60-Day IL (rib),\u00a0Tyrone Taylor: 10-Day IL (hip),\u00a0Clay Holmes: 60-Day IL (fibula),\u00a0Ronny Mauricio: 10-Day IL (thumb),\u00a0Reed Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Dedniel Nunez: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Braves:\u00a0Spencer Strider: day-to-day (arm),\u00a0Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (finger),\u00a0Kyle Farmer: 10-Day IL (forearm),\u00a0Ronald Acuna Jr.: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Tyler Kinley: 15-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Drake Baldwin: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hurston Waldrep: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee),\u00a0Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Atlanta Braves\u00a0(45-24, first in the NL East) vs.\u00a0New York Mets\u00a0(31-38, fifth in the NL East) New York; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves:\u00a0Martin Perez\u00a0(4-3, 3.02 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); Mets:\u00a0Sean Manaea\u00a0(1-1, 5.02 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 45 strikeouts) LINE: Mets -113, Braves -106; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416153,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416152\/revisions\/416153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}