8* DIAMONDBACKS RUNLINE (BAIL-OUT)

Off a 5-2 loss here yesterday, I like Arizona to, at the very least, keep this one competitive until the final moments. Previous to yesterday's loss the D-Backs had won 3 straight. Overall they've still won 6 of their last 10. The Braves have been trading wins and losses over their last 4 games and off last night's victory, I'm expecting the defending champs to have their hands full this evening. Ian Anderson is just 8-6 with a 5.31 ERA for Atlanta, while Corbin Martin is 0-0 with a 3.93 ERA for Arizona. Since the end of June though, Anderson has conceded 18 runs with a 7.83 ERA and he's reached the 6th innings just twice in his last 6 trips to the hill: "It's been tough all season," Anderson admitted. "I'm just not performing the way I would like to. It's probably the worst stretch of baseball I've had in my life." In a contest that I see being decided late, or even in exrtras, I'm grabbing the visitors on the runline option!

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