#952 ASA PLAY ON Atlanta Braves -140 over Milwaukee Brewers, Thursday at 12:20 PM ET - The Braves have a significant situational pitching edge here with Charlie Morton over Frankie Montas in this one. Before we get into that, yes the Braves have lost 4 straight games but this followed wins in 6 of 7. The Brewers entered this series having lost 4 of 5 and 6 of 9. Montas allowed only 3 earned runs in his debut with Milwaukee last week but he only went 5 innings in that start and allowed 9 hits in the shaky outing. Overall he has struggled of late as Montas compiled a 7.71 ERA in the month of July for the Reds. Making this spot even tougher for him is his final start of July was here in Atlanta and he gave up 10 hits in 4.1 innings! The Braves Morton has a 3.00 ERA in his 11 home starts this season. He has been particularly strong in recent months in his home starts as he has allowed only 4 earned runs in his last 6 home starts! Morton has given up only 23 hits and 4 earned runs in 35.2 innings! Yes he has a 1.01 ERA in his last 6 home starts. We like the value of the home team here off of 4 straight losses and with the starting pitching edge. It is strengthened by the fact that Atlanta had been the hotter team than the Brewers over the past week or so prior to this series. We do not see them getting swept here at home. The host is the bet in this one.