Charlie Morton and the Atlanta Braves will take the mound against Gavin Stone and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
The Atlanta Braves will head on the road to open up a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in California on Friday night. This will be the first meeting this season between these two teams. The Braves head into the weekend with a 20-9 record overall and on top of the National League East holding a half-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies. They lost two of three games against the Seattle Mariners, a fellow divisional leader, on the road earlier this week. The Dodgers are 20-13 overall this season and also on top of their division with a 4.5-game lead over the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres. They won two of three games on the road against the Arizona Diamondbacks in their last series.
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Charlie Morton will get the start for Atlanta in this opening game. He is 2-0 this season with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. He has 28 strikeouts in 30.0 innings allowing 23 hits and only two home runs with 11 walks. He pitched seven scoreless innings in his last start with six strikeouts in a 4-2 win against the Cleveland Guardians.
Los Angeles will open up the top of the first inning with Gavin Stone on the mound. The right-hander is 2-1 in his 2024 campaign with a 4.68 ERA and 18 strikeouts over 25.0 innings. He allowed just one run over a seven-inning performance against the Toronto Blue Jays on the road with just two strikeouts.
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