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The Braves can clinch the NL East and then largely coast the rest of the regular season -- nope, we can't auto-fade them tomorrow if the do clinch because they are off -- and Matt Olson's next homer would be No. 52, a franchise record. Only -155 behind Spencer Strider? Yes, he can get roughed up occasionally but actually has great splits against the Phils and teams above .500. It has been the bad teams generally beating him in an oddity. No JT Realmuto for the Phils and closer Craig Kimbrel likely is unavailable, although that might be a good thing.
These two teams have combined to score at least 12 runs in all three games of this series. The Braves have combined for at least 10 runs with their opponents in eight of their last nine games. While they will start ace Spencer Strider, he has allowed a total of 10 runs over his last two starts and is coming off an illness that forced his start to be pushed back from Monday to Wednesday. With the way these two lineups are performing right now, I’m riding with the over.