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The defending World Series champion Braves, trying to play out of a slow start to this season, continue a four-game series with the Rockies in Denver Saturday night. Rookie righty Spencer Strider makes his second start for Atlanta against lefty Kyle Freeland and his 4.96 ERA for Colorado.
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MLB Betting Odds<br />
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Saturday's baseball betting lines opened Atlanta and Strider at around -155 over Colorado and Freeland, with an over/under of 11.5 runs. Early betting action then bumped the Braves 15 cents to -170.
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Braves-Rockies MLB Betting Preview<br />
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Atlanta took the opener of this series Thursday night 13-6, then won Friday's game 3-1 in 10 innings. The Braves won as -145 favorites on the dime line Thursday, then at -180 Friday. Atlanta also covered against the run line in both games. With Friday's win, the Braves are 6-4 over their last ten games. At 26-27 overall, Atlanta still trails the first-place Mets by 8.5 games in the NL East, but it's also only three games behind San Francisco in the battle for the third and final National League wild-card spot. Meanwhile, with Friday's loss, Colorado is 3-7 over its last ten games. At 23-29 overall, the Rockies are probably already out of the NL West race, and they're 5.5 games behind the Giants in that wild-card race. This series is the first meeting between these two teams this season. Last year Colorado took the season series from the Braves four games to two.
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Saturday's Pitching Match-Up<br />
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<a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/113968&quot; title="Kyle Freeland Pitching Logs">Freeland</a>, by our strict standards, is just 2/10 on quality starts this season and 0 for his last four. Last Sunday, he gave up five runs on seven hits and four walks through 5 2/3 innings of a 6-5 Atlanta loss to Washington. And over his last four starts, he's allowed 17 runs and 28 hits through 20 2/3 innings, with ten walks against 16 strikeouts. Colorado is 5-5 with Freeland this season, and that sounds about right. This will be Freeland's first start against Atlanta since 2019, and that's already kind of a long time ago. <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/440796&quot; title="Spencer Strider Pitching Game Stats">Strider</a> will be making his second career ML start Saturday to go along with 13 appearances in relief. Monday, in his first career start, he gave up five runs - three earned - on four hits and two walks through 4 1/3 innings of a 6-2 Braves loss to Arizona. But over his previous seven appearances, he allowed just two runs and nine hits through 15 1/3 innings, with three walks against 26 strikeouts. This will be Strider's first career action against the Rockies.
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Splits With the Sticks<br />
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Atlanta is batting .259 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .338 team OBP and a .459 team slugging percentage. Numbers like those lead us to rank this line-up among the top half-dozen in Baseball in this split. The Braves have also scored at least six runs six times over their last ten games. Colorado is slashing .252/.318/.390 against right-handed pitching.
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The Bullpens<br />
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The Atlanta bullpen owns a 3.21 ERA this season, along with a 1.20 WHIP. The Rockies pen owns an ML-worst 5.27 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP. Numbers like that, although influenced by Coors Field, nonetheless lead us to rank this unit as the worst bullpen in Baseball.
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MLB Betting Trends<br />
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The Braves are 12-13 on the road this season and 12-6 against left-handed starters. The Rockies are 16-14 at home and 16-19 against right-handed starters.
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Totals Report<br />
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The overs are 29-21 in Braves games this season.
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The Over is 29-23 in Rockies games.
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The Over is 17-13 at Coors Field this season.
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The Under is a combined 7-4 with Freeland and Strider this season.
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