After grabbing a much-needed win Tuesday night, the Atlanta Braves are back in action Wednesday when they continue a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Atlanta dropped the opener 7-6 on Monday giving them their third straight loss. They entered the ninth trailing 6-5, but rallied for three runs off Pirates closer David Bednar for an 8-6 win.
The Braves are 11-11 coming out of the All-Star break, but at 71-40, still have a 10.5 game lead in the NL East heading into Wednesday’s game. The rotation has been a concern of late as Bryce Elder, Charlie Morton and Spencer Strider all failed to get past the fifth inning in any of their starts during the three-game skid.