Rockies at Braves
O/U 8.5 · RL Braves -1.5 · Truist Park
Braves -1.5-106
CONF 63%
WCashedFinal 4-6
The read
Atlanta stays at Truist Park after sweeping the Dodgers, while Colorado arrives for game five of its road trip. The strongest separation tonight appears after the starting pitchers take the ball.
Grant Holmes has a 2.49 August ERA and enters after allowing one hit over six scoreless innings. Tomoyuki Sugano has a 7.58 August ERA, has surrendered 13 earned runs over his last 14 innings and carries a 7.43 first-inning ERA. Left-handed batters have also produced a .915 OPS against him; Atlanta starts four listed left-handed hitters plus switch-hitter Ozzie Albies.
The bullpen gap makes the run line playable. Atlanta’s current relief corps has a 2.62 ERA and 1.00 WHIP, compared with Colorado’s 4.61 ERA and 1.55 WHIP. Chris Sale’s complete game Thursday meant no Braves reliever appeared, while the Rockies’ bullpen has recorded a 5.54 ERA over the last seven days. Atlanta also holds the defensive advantage, with a .987 fielding percentage and 60 errors against Colorado’s .982 and 86.
Colorado’s .757 OPS against right-handed pitching and Atlanta’s recent offensive slowdown keep this from being a high-confidence position. But with the Braves moneyline priced at -220, the pitching, bullpen and defensive separation points to Atlanta -1.5 as the proper ticket.
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Props on this game
2Grant HolmesOVER 1.5 Pitcher Walks Pitcher Walks-112
LActual 1
Holmes has issued 54 walks in 123.2 innings and has gone over this line in six of his last eight starts. Colorado averages 3.23 walks per game and has four hitters in tonight's lineup with an OBP of at least .331. Holmes walked three in his latest start, and I like the price on another two-walk outing.
Tomoyuki SuganoUNDER 1.5 Pitcher Walks Pitcher Walks-105
WActual 1
Sugano has walked only 28 batters over 121.2 innings and has stayed under this line in seven of his last eight starts. He has issued just two walks across his last three outings. His recent trouble has come from hard contact rather than free passes, and an early exit would further limit the opportunity for a second walk.
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