The Dodgers and Braves are the two best teams in the National League, but you would not know that if you started watching baseball today. With a particularly unfavorable pitching matchup, the Phillies took care of the Braves, 3-0, and later on, the D-Backs gave Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers a beating of a lifetime, with an 11-2 victory.
Both series take a break with a day off between the first two games, which isn’t ideal from a momentum standpoint. However, it will help the pitching setup of Arizona, who’ll have the ability to use Zac Gallen twice if the series goes five.