Chris Sale starts as Braves look for two wins in a row over Marlins
Well, this has definitely been an eventful sequence up to now! The Atlanta Braves bounced again on Tuesday night from what was completely their worst lack of the season on Monday evening and now they will certainly like their possibilities now that Chris Sale is beginning tonight’s recreation in opposition to the Miami Marlins.
Chris Sale and Bryce Elder (!) have been the two most constant hurlers in Atlanta’s rotation up to now this season, so it is at all times excellent news each time both of the two get the ball. With that being mentioned, Sale’s going to want some assist — he is pitched effectively sufficient to win in each of his previous two starts in opposition to the Dodgers and Cubs however in these sequence wins, these wound up being the two losses for the Braves as they scored a grand complete of 1 (1) run in each of these video games. I’m hoping that this may not be the beginning of an unlucky (but considerably acquainted) pattern the place a nice pitcher will get barely any run assist so hopefully we’ll see the Braves do some injury in opposition to Janson Junk and the remainder of Miami’s pitching workers.
The Braves could be catching Janson Junk at a good time, although. Junk has given u[ at least three runs in four of his nine starts so far and two of those starts were his most recent ones. He got tagged for four runs over six innings against the Nationals on May 9 and then he got absolutely tagged for seven runs over 5.2 innings by the Rays five days ago. If the Braves can avoid falling into a ground ball vortex against Junk then they could do some work in this game if he continues to stay in the form that he’s currently in.
What is a bit concerning is how the previous encounters between these two teams went for both pitchers. Janson Junk last saw the Braves in June of last season and he went five innings and only gave up one run in a game that Miami ended up winning comfortably. Meanwhile, Chris Sale’s last start against Miami went very poorly as it was back in that early period of April 2024 where we were wondering if this was “it” for Sale. The good news is that Sale has been fantastic ever since that bump in the road early on and a lot can change between now and a year ago — much less two years.
Because of that time discrepancy, a lot of Miami’s hitters have little-to-no experience against Sale and hopefully that’ll lend itself to Sale’s advantage during this particular contest. The same could be said about Junk and the Braves, though. Mike Yastrzemski has the most experience against Junk — a grand total of five ABs and an inauspicious slash line of zeroes across the board. Ronald Acuña Jr. has two hits in three previous plate appearances against Junk because of course Ronald Acuña Jr. has a good record against [insert any Marlins pitcher that you, the reader, would like here].
With the way in which this sequence has gone up to now, it is honest to imagine that something can occur in this recreation. We might see the Braves completely tear into Janson Junk and choose up the place they left off through the latter phases of yesterday’s recreation. We might additionally see Otto Lopez proceed to make issues very powerful on the Braves throughout this sequence and we might have one other nervy night on our fingers. Either approach, it will be good to see the Braves win this one in order that they do not have to enter tomorrow’s sequence finale having to salvage a cut up. Let’s see what occurs, y’all.
Game Date/Time: Wednesday, May 20, 6:40 pm ET
Location: loanDepot Park, Miami, FL
Radio: 680 AM / 93.7 FM The Fan, The Best 1600/1460/1130 AM
