<p>The Braves continue their pursuit of a division title while the Phillies continue their chase for a wild-card berth, heading into the middle game of this three-game NL East series Saturday night in Georgia. Jake Odorizzi and his 4.97 ERA goes for Atlanta here against Aaron Nola and his 0.97 WHIP for Philadelphia.
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Saturday's baseball betting lines opened this game as a pick 'em, with an over/under of 7.5 runs. Through trhe early betting, moneyline has held at most sportsbooks, but the total has moved to as high as 8 at some betting shops.</p>
<h2>Phillies-Braves MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Atlanta won the opener of this series Friday night, 7-2. The Braves actually trailed 2-1 through seven and a half innings, then scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth for the victory.</p>
<p>Atlanta won Friday as a -200 favorite with Max Fried and got the unlikely cover against the run line at a price of +105.</p>
<p>Also, thanks to the Braves' late rally, Friday's game played over a total of 7.5 runs.</p>
<p>Even with Friday's win, Atlanta is only 2-4 over its last six games. But at 89-55 overall, the Braves trail the first-place Mets by just one game in the NL East, and they lead the NL wild-card race by 8.5 games over second-place Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, with Friday's loss, the Phillies are still 7-3 over their last ten games. At 80-64 overall, Philly won't catch New York in the NL East race, but it sits in the No. 2 spot in the NL wild-card standings, a game and a half up on third-place San Diego and three games up on fourth-place Milwaukee.</p>
<p>Atlanta leads the season series with Philadelphia seven games to six.</p>
<h2>Saturday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/40381&quot; title="Jake Odorizzi Pitching Game Stats">Odorizzi</a> is 5/19 on quality starts this season, just 1/6 since joining Atlanta six weeks ago. Last Sunday, he gave up four runs on five hits and three walks through just 3 2/3 innings of an 8-7 Atlanta loss to Seattle. But over his two starts previous to that, he held the Cardinals and Pirates to three runs and eight hits through 11 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>Houston, a team that's 45 games over .500 this season, played 7-6 with Odorizzi, but the Braves are only 2-4 with him so far.</p>
<p>This will be Odorizzi's first start against Philadelphia since 2019 when he was with Minnesota.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/70094&quot; title="Aaron Nola Pitching Gamew Stats ">Nola</a> is 15/28 on quality starts this year, going Jekyll-and-Hyde as of late. Last Sunday, he tossed two scoreless innings against Washington before a lengthy rain delay ended his day. And five days before that, he held Miami to one run through 6 2/3 innings of a 3-2 Phillies win. But just before that, he got bombed for eight runs in four frames against Arizona.</p>
<p>Philadelphia is 13-15 with Nola this season, but that's probably three games worse than it should be, based on his performances.</p>
<p>Over three starts already this season against Atlanta, Nola allowed ten runs and 19 hits through 21 1/3 innings, with two walks against 25 strikeouts. The Phillies won two of those three games.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>Philadelphia is batting .250 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .309 team OBP and a .419 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>Atlanta is slashing .249/.310/.442 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Braves bullpen owns a 3.15 ERA this season, along with a 1.16 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Phillies pen owns a 4.13 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. This unit also blew Friday night's game.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
<p>Philadelphia is 36-33 on the road this season and 54-47 against right-handed starters.</p>
<p>Atlanta is 48-25 at home and 56-40 against right-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Over is 72-65 in Phillies games this season.</li>
<li>The Over is 73-63 in Braves games.</li>
<li>The totals are split 36-36 at Truist Park this season.</li>
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