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<\/a>Atlanta has lost six of its last seven games and fans can\u2019t help but think about the team\u2019s late-season collapse a year ago, as the club was unable to hold onto a 9.5-game lead in September.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t think like that,\u201d commented Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman.\u00a0 One of the reasons the club is struggling offensively is catcher Brian McCann going 9-for-56 from the plate with no extra-base hits in August, which has been caused by a right shoulder injury.\u00a0 Atlanta is 11-6 as a road underdog of +125 to +150 this season, with the \u201cover\u201d going 10-7 in those contests.<\/p>\n
Braves starting pitcher Mike Minor (6-10, 4.74 ERA) has suffered three straight losses, allowing seven runs and 21 hits over 20 innings of work in that span.\u00a0 The left-hander is 2-6 with a 5.91 ERA in 11 road outings, surrendering 17 home runs in 64 combined frames.\u00a0 In two career efforts versus the Giants, Minor has tallied a 1-0 record and 0.75 ERA, with opposing hitters batting .175 against him.<\/p>\n
San Francisco will be attempting to win its season-high sixth straight game, as it comes off a 5-3 victory over Atlanta on Friday night.\u00a0 The starting rotation has been remarkable over the streak, posting a 5-0 record and 1.80 ERA in that span, while Angel Pagan has carried the offense alongside Buster Posey.\u00a0 The Giants have won 10 of their last 13 games and hold a three-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West standings.\u00a0 San Francisco is 21-8 as a favorite of -150 or more this season.<\/p>\n
Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (14-7, 2.83 ERA) has won three of his last four starts, including a 2-1 road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in his last outing, allowing four hits in eight shutout innings.\u00a0 The left-hander is a remarkable 8-1 with a 1.87 ERA in 11 home outings, issuing 17 walks and striking out 76 batters in 81.2 combined frames.\u00a0 In three career outings versus the Braves, Bumgarner has compiled an 0-2 record and 3.78 ERA, including a 3-2 road setback on July 19.<\/p>\n
Sports bettors will likely back the Braves due to their 8-3 mark on the road with a total of 6.5 or less, while the Giants are 1-4 in Bumgarner\u2019s last five efforts against NL East opponents.<\/p>\n
Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Atlanta Braves (71-55) and San Francisco Giants (71-55) will continue their National League series on Saturday afternoon at AT&T Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 4:05 ET Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants\u00a0 Atlanta has lost six of its last seven games and fans can\u2019t help but think about the team\u2019s late-season collapse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[1611,243,2675,185,727,736],"class_list":["post-24520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-att-park","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-brian-mccann","tag-buster-posey","tag-national-league","tag-san-francisco-giants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24521,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24520\/revisions\/24521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}