This is an 8* on ATLANTA

Miami (35-46) isn’t having a good season but they are 6-3 vs. Atlanta following a 3-2 win last night. The Braves did have more hits Saturday. Neither team has done much scoring in this particular series as the Braves won the opener 1-0 on Friday. Last night proved to be their sixth failed attempt at getting to .500 on the year. Still they’ve won 10 of 17 and three of their last four games. Charlie Morton on the mound means the Marlins probably aren’t going to score many runs today either. Morton has a 1.31 ERA and 0.58 WHIP his last three starts. All three starts were quality as Morton allowed just three runs (all in the last one) and nine hits. He had 25 strikeouts and only three walks. A 20 ⅔ scoreless inning streak was snapped in his last start. The Braves actually lost that game, 4-3 to the Mets, though Morton did not factor into the decision. He has a 6-2 team start record in his last eight starts. Miami has been held to three runs or less in 12 of its previous 16 games. So all we need here is for the Braves’ hitters to break out to a reasonable degree and we like their chances as they are averaging 5.4 runs/game at home. Zach Thompson has just four starts under his belt and this will be Atlanta’s second time seeing him. Play on ATLANTA

AAA