Philadelphia at Atlanta 7:05 ET
Phillies over Braves- I sure hope that I don’t get caught in what I call the ‘switches’ where I used Philadelphia in the opener of this series when the lost and passed yesterday (used a winner with St. Louis) and they won and I am looking to jump back in with them again here. The timing may not seem like the best way to approach a game but I believe it is the winner here. Atlanta will be starting rookie Spencer Schwellenbach (4-6, 4.04 ERA) who has surrendered 10 homers but has 85 strikeouts in 75 innings. He picked up a 5-1 win over the Phillies early July allowing just one run on seven hits in six innings. Philly should be starting Cristopher Sanchez (9-8, 3.46) who just finished a nine inning two-hit 5-1 win over Washington last timeout but he is 0-2 with 4.73 ERA with both losses coming last year. ‘It’s a new dawn darling’ (a little Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Co.) and the Phillies get it done. Take PHILADELPHIA!