ATL @ PHIL
The Phils beat the Braves 3-0 last night behind a stellar outing from ace Zack Wheeler to take a 2-1 series lead in this battle of division rivals. The Phils are the better hitting team, or at least that’s what the stats tell me, but the Braves have the better bullpen. For me this bet Is all about the two starting pitchers. Rookie Spencer Schwellenbach has been surprisingly effective for a Braves team that has often struggld to score runs. He has given up 3 runs or less in all five of his August starts, posting a 1.09 WHIP and 3.07 ERA, with a dazzling 42/8 K/BB ratio over 29.1 innings for the month. Aaron Nola is also having a fine season and has now given up just 2 earned runs over 19 innings in his last three outings.
Nola been the better than Schwellenbach and although It hasn’t always worked out, for five innings, I’ll take Nola over Schwellenbach.
Pick – PHIL 1st 5 ML in a series of parlays