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Friday
Time: 7:35 p.m.
TV: FSSO
Probable starting pitchers: Braves RH Williams Perez (1-0, 2.66 ERA) vs. RH Charlie Morton (2-0, 1.93)
Comment: Perez finally got his first major league win to show for his hot major league start – posting a 1.00 ERA in his first three starts for the Braves. He pitched seven shutout innings against the Giants to get the win and has allowed no more than one earned run in a start yet. Morton, the former Brave, is making just his third start since coming off the disabled list after offseason hip surgery. He's won each of his first two starts in convincing fashion, going seven inning and allowing two runs each time. He walked only one and struck out five.
Saturday
Time: 7:15 p.m.
TV: FOX
Probable starting pitchers: Braves RH Julio Teheran (4-2, 4.87) vs. LH Jeff Locke (3-3, 5.34)
Comment: Teheran regrouped after giving up back-to-back homers in his last start in San Francisco, coming up with a quality start in a 7-5 win, but it's clear he's not pitching like himself. He walked four batters and struck out one in that game, after walking three and striking out just one the start before. Locke, a former Brave, could be fighting to stay in the Pirates rotation after going 1-2 with a 5.73 ERA in May, including allowing a season-high seven runs (six earned) in four innings in his last start against San Diego.
Sunday
Time: 1:35 p.m.
TV: FSSO
Probable starting pitchers: Braves LH Alex Wood (4-2, 3.19) vs. RH Gerrit Cole (8-2, 1.90)
Comment: Wood is pitching as well as he has all season and rides a three-game winning streak in which he's allowed only one earned run each game while pitching seven or more innings. Cole is tied for the National League lead in wins with Bartolo Colon and is third in ERA behind Max Scherzer (1.85) and the Braves' Shelby Miller (1.89). Cole has faced the Braves twice, going 1-0 in two starts against them last year, giving up two runs in seven innings each time and striking out a total of 14 batters.
- Carroll Rogers Walton
