The Braves and Phillies dueled deep into the night yesterday in what ended up being a 5-4 Philadelphia victory after 11 long innings. The win for the Phils knots the opening series at 1-1 with the deciding game coming up later today.
For the home standing Braves Brandon McCarthy will make his regular season pitching debut after coming over in trade from the Los Angeles Dodgers this winter. McCarthy put together a fine 2017 season compiling 2.4 WAR, which would have ranked first among Braves pitchers, to go along with 72 strikeouts in 92.