An anticlimactic Wild Card round ended Wednesday and the matchups for the Division Series are set. The Atlanta Braves will face the Philadelphia Phillies starting Saturday in a rematch of last season’s Division Series matchup which Philadelphia won 3-1. The Braves won eight of 13 matchups against the Phillies during the regular season and outscored them 74-58. Below is a breakdown of each series.
Over the course of 13 regular season matchups, the Braves hit .270/.311/.489 and held the Phillies to a .217/.300/.398 line. Atlanta out homered them 24 to 19.
May 25-28: Braves, Phillies split four games at Truist Park
One of the wrinkles of the new balanced schedule was a reduced amount of matchups in the division.