After pulling out a wild 10-9 win Tuesday night, the Atlanta Braves will go for a series sweep against the Oakland Athletics. Tuesday’s win was Atlanta’s sixth straight overall and moved them into a tie with the Mets at the top of the NL East standings. New York is 51-34 since June 1, but has watched a 10.5 game lead evaporate because the Braves have gone 62-24.
They will look to keep the streak going Wednesday afternoon when Spencer Strider makes his 18th start of the season. Strider is coming off of a record setting performance where he broke John Smoltz’s Atlanta era record for strikeouts in a game with 16 against the Rockies.