The Los Angeles Dodgers look to even their series with the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night, as Jack Flaherty takes on Cy Young favorite Chris Sale. The article analyzes both pitchers' recent performances and makes a prediction for the game.
Find out why Jack Flaherty can win a pitcher's duel with NL Cy Young favorite Chris Sale when the Braves and Dodgers renew acquaintances in L.A. on Saturday night.
They’ve each pitched effectively to contact, with Sale relying a bit more on ground balls, but the big story for both has been strikeouts. With both hurlers sitting north of 30%, they’re firmly in elite territory., however, considering Sale had begun to hiccup just a bit in August with an influx of hits and a couple of low strikeout totals before he recovered this month against the lowly Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays.
The Braves’ biggest issue has been a power outage, carrying a .101 ISO in that time, and they’re hitting just .222 as several big bats in the heart of the order search for answers. We also can’t take the Under on Ohtani’s total bases here, juiced close to -200, so I’m going to opt for the Hits+ Runs + RBI market as this one shouldn’t feature many runs and Ohtani shouldn’t be on base much with his struggles against Sale and lefties as a whole.
The right-hander still sits in the Top 10% of all pitchers in whiff rate, and Atlanta is eighth-worst in swinging strike rate over the last 14 days.The Braves opened as -116 favorites here on the moneyline, and have settled back in around -125 after being pushed out as far as -130.The total remains at the opening line of 7.5 runs after a brief trip to 8, and there’s been some continued action towards the Under.
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