The Atlanta Braves (86-71) host the Kansas City Royals (85-74) at 7:20 p.m. ET Friday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Braves (-186), Marcell Ozuna is batting .310 this year, fifth in the league, while Bobby Witt Jr. ranks first in the majors with a .332 average for the underdog Royals.
Max Fried will get the ball for Atlanta while Kansas City will counter with Brady Singer.
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The Braves have won 57.6% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (72-53).
Atlanta has gone 36-17 (winning 67.9% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -186 or shorter.
The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 78 times this season and won 35, or 44.9%, of those games.
Kansas City has played as an underdog of +157 or more twice this season and split those games.
The Braves have combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 58 times this season for a 58-93-6 record against the over/under.
The Royals and their opponents have hit the over in 69 of their 159 games with a total this season.
Braves Stats & Insights
The Braves have the No. 16 offense in MLB play scoring 4.4 runs per game (687 total runs).
Atlanta ranks fourth-best in baseball with 208 total home runs.
The Braves’ .244 batting average ranks 14th in MLB.
Atlanta strikes out 9 times per game, the No. 20 average in baseball.
The Braves pitching staff is first in MLB with a collective 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
Atlanta has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.52).
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals have scored 730 runs (4.6 per game) this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
Kansas City has hit 168 homers this season, which ranks 20th in the majors.
The Royals’ .250 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking seventh in MLB.
Kansas City has shown good bat-to-ball skills at the plate this season with the second-best strikeout rate (7.1 per game) among MLB offenses.
The Royals average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.80 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
Braves Key Players to Watch
Fried (10-10 with a 3.42 ERA and 157 strikeouts in 165 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Braves, his 29th of the season.
Ozuna leads Atlanta in home runs with 39, runs batted in with 102 and his batting average of .310 is also best on his team.
Matt Olson has collected 143 hits this season and has an OBP of .333. He’s slugging .463 on the year.
Jorge Soler has 115 hits this season and a slash line of .240/.335/.440.
Michael Harris II has 112 hits and an OBP of .304 to go with a slugging percentage of .428 this season.
Royals Key Players to Watch
The Royals will hand the ball to Singer (9-12) for his 32nd start of the season.
Witt has a team-best batting average of .332, while pacing the Royals in home runs (32) and runs batted in (109).
Salvador Perez is batting .273 with 27 doubles, 27 home runs and 44 walks.
Maikel Garcia has 27 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 40 walks while hitting .234.
Hunter Renfroe is hitting .230 with 18 doubles, 14 home runs and 36 walks.
Braves and Royals Injuries
Braves: Austin Riley: 10 Day IL (Hand), Reynaldo Lรยณpez: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Spencer Strider: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Jordan Minter: 60 Day IL (Hip), Angel Perdomo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Ronald Acuรฑa Jr.: 60 Day IL (Knee), Raymond Kerr: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Hunter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Chris Stratton: 15 Day IL (Forearm), James McArthur: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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