After a series-opening victory on Thursday evening, the Atlanta Braves will be back in action on Friday against the Washington Nationals. Though Sean Newcomb was, once again, fantastic in the first game between the two teams, the Braves will likely need that kind of performance from Friday’s start, Mike Foltynewicz, in order to outlast Washington and Stephen Strasburg.
Foltynewicz enters on a scorching hot streak of four consecutive starts in which he has allowed one run or fewer. In fact, the hard-throwing right-hander owns a 0.78 ERA over that time period (23 innings) and Foltynewicz has 26 strikeouts for good measure.