This is an 8* on OVER

These teams just met last weekend. All three games were decided by one run. The first two - a 1-0 win for the Braves and then a 3-2 win for the Marlins - were low-scoring games. Then the Braves took the series with an 8-7 win on the 4th of July. Their next series, which saw them drop two of three to Pittsburgh, didn’t go as well. But they did score 14 runs in the final game Wednesday. Miami just wrapped up a series against the Dodgers that went much better than expected. Though they lost yesterday 6-1 (we had the Dodgers), Miami won the first three games of that series and did so by scoring 16 runs. We are predicting today’s game to be pretty high-scoring. We’ve got our concerns about Braves starter Morton, who is 0-1 with a 7.63 ERA in three starts vs. Miami this year. Four different catchers have caught Morton in 2021 and the one who had been doing the best job was just sent back to Triple-A. In a rematch from Sunday, Morton is once again matched up with Thompson for Miami. Thompson has just five big league starts under his belt, but two were against Atlanta. So the Braves hitters should be more comfortable facing him this time. The Over is 17-3-2 in Atlanta’s last 22 Friday games. Play on OVER

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