Braves play against the Phillies in the first of three games

Philadelphia Phillies (57-30, first in the NL East) vs. Atlanta Braves (47-38, second in the NL East)

Atlanta; Friday, 7:20 p.m. EDT

PROBABLE PITCHING PLAYERS: Phillies: Aaron Nola (9-4, 3.43 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 99 strikeouts); Braves: Max Fried (7-3, 2.91 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Braves -141, Phillies +119; Over/Under is 7 1/2 runs

CONCLUSION: The Atlanta Braves host the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday to open a three-game series.

Atlanta has a 47-38 record overall and a 27-16 record at home. The Braves have the third-best team ERA in MLB play at 3.47.

Philadelphia has an overall record of 57-30 and a road record of 24-16. The Phillies’ batters have a combined batting average of .421, ranking sixth in the MLB.

The teams will meet for the fourth time this season on Friday.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcell Ozuna leads the Braves with a .296 batting average and has hit 18 doubles and 21 home runs. Austin Riley has struck out 11 of 36 batters, hitting three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 4-6, .223 batting average, 2.56 ERA, one point more than opponents

Phillies: 6-4, .259 batting average, 3.78 ERA, three runs more than opponents

INJURIES: Braves: Orlando Arcia: day-to-day (tooth), Ramon Laureano: day-to-day (back), Brian Anderson: 10-day IL (bacterial infection), Raymond Kerr: 15-day IL (elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 15-day IL (oblique), Spencer Strider: 60-day IL (elbow), Hurston Waldrep: 15-day IL (elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60-day IL (elbow), Michael Harris II: 10-day IL (hamstring), Ronald Acuna Jr.: 60-day IL (knee), Jimmy Herget: 15-day IL (shoulder), Tyler Matzek: 60-day IL (elbow), Angel Perdomo: 60-day IL (elbow)

Phillies: Kyle Schwarber: 10-day IL (groin), Bryce Harper: 10-day IL (hamstring), Spencer Turnbull: 15-day IL (back), Taijuan Walker: 15-day IL (index finger), JT Realmuto: 10-day IL (knee), Michael Rucker: 60-day IL (hand), Dylan Covey: 60-day IL (shoulder), Luis Ortiz: 15-day IL (ankle)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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