Alright, hold onto your seats folks, we've got a good old-fashioned pitching battle looming over the Truist Park horizon. For Los Angeles Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto with a scintillating the season ERA of 2.91 and a WHIP of 1.07 promising to dazzle us no end whilst Max Fried taking it for the Braves with an ERA of 3.50. It's about time someone fried these Dodgers, am I right?
Let's talk firepower now. For the Dodgers, we've got Tommy Edman, Shohei Ohtani, and Mookie Betts stepping up to the plate. Edman and Ohtani, notably, have been causing all sorts of problems lately for opposing pitchers. Now onto the Braves, Marcell Ozuna, Ramon Laureano, and Michael Harris II leading the charge. Ozuna's red-hot .330 average is still fresh from last year, in case you missed it.
Now, sifting through the annals of past results - been kind of a mixed bag, hasn't it? However, Braves' recent performances against Dodgers have been promising with two out of three wins in their most recent series.
Regular season records, eh? Dodgers are ahead, for sure. However, I suppose the Braves' performance is not to be sniffed at either. Dodgers, with 88-61, are leading the charge against Brave's credible 81-68. It's all up for grabs, folks.
Dodgers suffered a thrashing last time, but preceded by a 9-2 win, it's quite a flip-flop, isn't it? Losses by Braves to Washington and then bludgeoning them with a score of 12-0 is equally fascinating. A bit of a mercurial streak, these teams have.
Alright, decision time. Drum roll, please. Taking all the odds and ends into account, it's going to be a tough encounter. The Braves' fire might just not be enough to extinguish the lit-up Dodgers.
Albert’s Prediction: Los Angeles Dodgers by 2