MLB Series Preview: Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers with Probable Starting Pitching 3/31-4/2

MLB Series Preview: Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodger with Probable Starting Pitching 3/31-4/2

Atlanta Braves (0-4) at Los Angeles Dodgers (5-0)

Game 1:

Date: Monday, March 31st
Time: 7:10 pm PDT
Broadcast: FanDuel Sports South(FD SE)/SportsNet LA

Game 2:

Date: Tuesday, April 1st
Time: 7:10 PM
Broadcast: FD Sports South/FD Southeast/SportsNet LA

Game 3:

Date: Tuesday, April 2nd
Time: 5:38 PM
Broadcast: MLBN/FD South/FD Southeast/SportsNet LA/MLBN


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Probable Starting Pitchers

Game 1: Grant Holmes (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Holmes will get the ball in the first game of the series for the Braves. He appeared out of the bullpen once this year. Holmes went 2-1 in 2024. He finished with a 3.56 ERA, a 3.20 FIP, a 1.185 WHIP, and a 9.2 K/9. Glasnow gets the ball for the Dodgers. Last season, he went 9-6 with a 3.49 ERA, a 2.90 FIP, a 0.948 WHIP, and an 11.3 K/9.

Game 2: Chris Sale (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. Dustin May (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Sale gets the second game for the Braves. He went five innings in his first outing against the Padres. He enters this start with a 0.51 FIP, a 1.40 WHIP, and a 12.6 K/9. May will get the start for the Dodgers. He went 4-1 with a 2.63 ERA, a 3.23 FIP, a 0.938 WHIP, and a 6.4 K/9.

Game 3: Reynaldo Lopez (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. Blake Snell (1-0, 3.60 ERA)

Lopez makes his second start in the third game of the series. He pitched five innings against the Padres, giving up nine hits and three earned runs. Lopez enters the start with a 6.11 FIP, a 2.200 WHIP, and a 1.8 K/9. Snell goes for the Dodgers for his second start of the year. He pitched five innings against the Tigers, allowing two hits and two earned runs. Snell enters the start with a 4.31 FIP, a 1.800 WHIP, and a 3.6 K/9.

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Player To Watch:

Atlanta Braves

Matt Olson has two hits, one double, and walked four times. He currently has a .222 batting average and a .795 OPS. In seven games last year against the Dodgers, he had a .217 batting average with five hits, six RBI, and a run scored.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Freddie Freeman, in three games this year, has two runs scored, three hits, two home runs, four RBI, a .250 batting average, and a 1.083 OPS. He did miss the first two games of the year in Tokyo. Freeman had a .259 batting average last year against the Braves with seven hits, a home run, five RBI, and three runs scored.

Next Up:

Atlanta: April 4th- April 6th vs Miami Marlins
Los Angeles: April 4th- April 6th at Philadelphia Phillies

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