Series preview: Braves vs. Phillies
NEXT: VS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Friday
Time: 7:35 p.m.
TV: FSSO
Probable starting pitchers: Braves RH Julio Teheran (5-4, 4.94 ERA) vs. RH Kevin Correia (0-2, 3.60)
Comment: Teheran should enjoy pitching at Turner Field again, where he is 4-0 with a 2.35 ERA in seven starts, including his last time out when he one-hit the Mets for seven shutout innings to beat Matt Harvey 1-0. On the road he is only 1-4 with a 7.40 ERA and got rocked for six runs in six innings each of his previous two starts. The Phillies signed Correia a month ago after he opted out of a contract with the Giants, who had him in Triple-A. The Phillies have lost three of Correia's four starts and actually won his worst – when he gave up five runs in four innings at the Yankees.
Saturday
Time: 7:15 p.m.
TV: FOX
Probable starting pitchers: Braves LH Alex Wood (5-5, 3.17) vs. TBA
Comment: Wood is coming off his best start of the year, shutting out the Pirates for 7 1/3 innings in a 2-1 win. He struck out eight batters and walked none, while allowing five hits, using the kind of fastball command on both sides of the plate he hadn't had since last season. Wood went 1-1 with a 4.03 ERA in his first five starts of the season this April. He is 4-4 with a 2.78 ERA in 10 starts since then.
Sunday
Time: 1:35 p.m.
TV: FSSO
Probable starting pitchers: Shelby Miller (5-4, 2.26) vs. LH Cole Hamels (5-6, 3.22)
Comment: Miller is winless in his past eight starts, going 0-3 with a 3.17 ERA. He's got good muscle memory from facing the Phillies, though. Miller has beat them twice in two starts this year, including a three-hit shutout on May 5 at Turner Field. Miller three-hit them April 25 too, allowing two runs in six innings of a 5-2 win at Citizens Bank Park. Hamels is winless in his past six starts himself. He is 0-3 with a 3.60 ERA since May 23, giving up five runs twice in that span.
- Carroll Rogers Walton
