7:20 PM Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves
Phillies: -102
Braves: -108
Total: 8
The Phillies and the Braves meet in Atlanta for the finale of a 4-game series. The Braves lost the opener 7-3 on Monday, then won 6-5 and 8-4 in the past two days. The Phillies will be starting Aaron Nola (1-4, 3.96 ERA) against the Braves’ Kyle Wright (4-2, 2.49). In 4 May starts, Nola has allowed 2 runs or less twice and allowed 4 runs or more twice. In his latest outing against the Dodgers, he gave up 4 runs in 5 1/3 innings with 9 strikeouts. Nola has made 25 career starts against the Braves, going 12-8 with a 3.32 ERA and 142 strikeouts. He last faced the Braves on Sept. 29, when he allowed 3 runs in 6 innings. The Braves’ Wright threw 5 scoreless innings and gave up 2 hits and 3 walks with 6 strikeouts in his last outing against the Marlins. Wright is 0-2 with a 5.56 ERA in 3 appearances against the Phillies.
⚾The Braves will be without Ronald Acuna Jr.
⚾The Phillies are 5-2 in their last 7 road games.
⚾The Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Atlanta.
⚾The Braves have a career .201 batting average against Nola and the Phillies have a .264 team batting average against Wright.
The Bookie: Phillies
7:45 PM Milwaukee Brewers @ St. Louis Cardinals
Brewers: +100
Cardinals: -120
Total: 7.5
The Brewers and Cardinals resume their battle for National League Central opening a 4-game series in St. Louis. These teams split a 4-game series in Milwaukee earlier this season. The Brewers have a 3 1/2 -game lead over the second-place Cardinals. The Cardinals had their 4-game winning streak snapped Tuesday night with an 8-1 loss to the Blue Jays while the brewers took 2 of 3 against the Padres in San Diego. Milwaukee will go with Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.16 ERA) who is coming off a 7-0 win over the Nationals in his last outing when he struck out 5 batters, 0 walks, and allowed 5 hits in that game. Lauer is 1-1 with a 7.90 ERA in four career appearances against the Cardinals. The Cardinals will counter with Adam Wainwright (5-3, 2.87 ERA) who is 20-13 with a 2.69 ERA in 50 career appearances against Milwaukee. Last season Wainwright was 2-1 with a 3.62 ERA in 5 starts against the Brewers.
⚾The Brewers are missing key players in Hunter Renfroe, Willy Adames, and Josh Hader(questionable).
⚾The Cardinals had the day off yesterday and have their full bullpen available.
⚾The Brewers’ Williams has moved into the closing role with Hader out and just worked 3 games in a row so he won’t be available tonight.
⚾The Cardinals are 17-4 in their last 21 games against a left-handed starter.
⚾The Cardinals are 8-3 in the last 11 games.
The Bookie: Cardinals