This is an 8* TOP SIDE on the Atlanta Braves.

The Braves failed to clinch last night, but after they lost Game 3, they bounced back in Game 4 to win 10-2.

Fried and Buehler eached received no-decisions in Game 1, but Fried was sharper overall and the Braves went on to win that contest.

Fried's history in the playoffs isn't great, but that was then and this is now. He enters in the best form of his career and there's no reason not to think he can't carry it over here.

Buehler is 2-0 with a 4.03 ERA in four career starts vs. the Braves.

With a second chance to close out this series and avoid a decisive Game 7, I expect Atlanta's pitching depth and line-up to be the difference here.

The play is the Braves!

Good luck, NP