No huge surprises for the Braves in tonight’s lineup — Freddie Freeman and Travis d’Arnaud are back, Riley continues to rest while he can, and Nick Markakis sits in favor of Ender Inciarte.
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We’re almost through with the season, but the Braves are still finding ways to run novel defensive lineups and batting orders out there — this is one of them. They’ve actually used one lineup for five games, or 1/12th of the season, which is kind of wild if you think about it given all the injuries they’ve had.