8* DIAMONDBACKS RUNLINE (SPECIAL)

Arizona won 3 in a row before coming to Atlanta, but it's dropped the first 2 games of this series by scores of 5-2 and 6-2. I'm expecting a much more competitive affair here in the finale though, and I believe that the Braves get caught looking ahead to a day off, before a 2-game mini-series with Philadelphia. The bottom line here though is that I expect Arizona starter Merrill Kelly to match Braves' starter Max Fried inning for inning tonight. Kelly is 10-5 with a 3.04 ERA, while Fried is 10-3 with a 2.73 ERA. Kelly though has been exceptional of late, going 4-0 with a 1.57 ERA over his last 5 starts. In a contest that I see being decided late, or even in extras, I'm going to grab the visitors on the runline option!

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