This is a 7* on ATLANTA

Since taking the series opener on Thursday, things have gone south fast for the Pirates. It started with what was a memorable play for us - the Braves on Friday - which ended up as a 20-1 win! You obviously can’t expect them all to be that easy, but the Braves won again Saturday, this time 6-1. Might as well take them again Sunday as the Pirates are very bad and showing little signs of “life.” Their run differential (-72) is easily baseball’s worst and they’ve dropped five of the six games. While the singular 20-1 loss is largely responsible for them having the worst run differential in the sport, note that no other National League team is worse than -40. Only two are -30 or worse. The Braves are starting to make a move over in the East where they are easily their division’s top offensive team. Expect them to continue flourishing at the plate today against Pirates starter JT Brubaker, who has allowed at least one HR in five straight starts. Brubaker was tagged for five runs total in his last start. Max Fried starts for Atlanta and he has looked solid lately, giving up just one run in each of his last three trips to the mound. No brainer here. Play on ATLANTA

AAA