Phillies vs Braves Game Breakdown

Strap in, sports fans! Tonight’s MLB showdown sends the sizzling Philadelphia Phillies, who are neck and neck at the top of the National League, down south to clash with the Atlanta Braves at the iconic Truist Park. With the first pitch slated for 07:08 PM EST, the stakes are as high as the summer temps. The Phillies are looking to build on their recent narrow victory, while the Braves are itching to even the score and climb up from their 6.5-game deficit. The betting lines are buzzing, the over/under tantalizingly set at 8.5, and the weather? Just a touch of cloud with a breeze perfect for knocking one out of the park. As these two titans prepare to battle under the lights, tonight’s game promises to be nothing less than a grand slam of excitement—may the best birds win!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: August 22, 2024 07:08PM EST

Location: Truist Park, Atlanta

Weather: Partly cloudy with winds from the ENE at 11.9 mph. Temperature is at 78.1° with 60% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	PHI ML	ATL ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	-105	-115	8.5	1.5/-1.5
Recent	-105	-115	8.0	1.5/-1.5
Difference	0	0	-0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

5W-5L

AWAY

148W-152L

51.2% Win Probability

LAST 10

6W-4L

HOME

179W-119L

48.8% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
09/11/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	5	Over	+3.5
09/11/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	7	Over	+3.5
03/29/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	9	Over	+3.5
03/29/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	3	Over	+3.5
03/30/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	12	Over	+7.5
03/30/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	4	Over	+7.5
03/31/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	4	Over	+0.5
03/31/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	5	Over	+0.5
07/05/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	8	Over	+5.5
07/05/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	6	Over	+5.5
07/06/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	1	Under	-2.5
07/06/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	5	Under	-2.5
07/07/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	0	Under	-2.5
07/07/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	6	Under	-2.5
08/20/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	1	Under	-4.5
08/20/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	3	Under	-4.5
08/21/24	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	3	Under	-3.5
08/21/24	Atlanta Braves ATL	2	Under	-3.5
05/25/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	5	Over	+4.5
05/25/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	8	Over	+4.5
05/26/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	6	Over	+1.5
05/26/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	4	Over	+1.5
05/27/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	2	Under	-5.5
05/27/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	1	Under	-5.5
05/28/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	4	Over	+6.5
05/28/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	11	Over	+6.5
06/20/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	4	Under	-2.5
06/20/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	2	Under	-2.5
09/11/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	10	Over	+9.5
09/11/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	8	Over	+9.5
06/22/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	5	Under	-2.5
06/22/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	1	Under	-2.5
09/12/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	7	Over	+4.5
09/12/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	6	Over	+4.5
09/13/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	4	Under	-3.5
09/13/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	1	Under	-3.5
09/18/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	7	Under	-0.5
09/18/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	1	Under	-0.5
09/19/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	3	Over	+3.5
09/19/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	9	Over	+3.5
09/20/23	Philadelphia Phillies PHI	6	Over	+2.5
09/20/23	Atlanta Braves ATL	5	Over	+2.5

Phillies Vs Over/Under

Braves Vs Over/Under

Cristopher Sanchez

ERA 3.399 | IP 140.3 | 9.0W-8.0L | KO 108.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
08-17-24	vsWAS	1-5W	9.0	2	1	4	Under
08-11-24	@ARI	5-12L	4.7	12	7	4	Over
08-06-24	@LAD	6-2W	6.0	5	1	2	Push
07-31-24	vsNYY	6-5L	5.7	8	6	7	Over
07-26-24	vsCLE	3-1L	6.0	8	3	2	Under
07-20-24	@PIT	1-4L	5.7	8	2	2	Under
07-10-24	vsLAD	3-4W	6.0	5	2	5	Under
07-04-24	@CHC	2-10L	4.0	7	7	3	Over
06-28-24	vsMIA	0-2W	9.0	3	0	9	Under
06-23-24	vsARI	1-4W	7.0	3	0	4	Under

S. Schwellenbach

ERA 4.044 | IP 75.7 | 4.0W-6.0L | KO 85.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
08-16-24	@LAA	2-3L	5.0	4	3	8	Under
08-11-24	@COL	8-9L	6.0	6	2	7	Over
08-02-24	vsMIA	3-5W	7.0	6	3	10	Push
07-27-24	@NYM	4-0W	7.0	2	0	11	Under
07-21-24	vsSTL	6-2L	6.0	7	4	8	Push
07-12-24	@SD	6-1W	7.0	3	1	3	Under
07-06-24	vsPHI	1-5W	6.0	7	1	6	Under
06-30-24	vsPIT	4-2L	5.0	5	4	7	Under
06-24-24	@STL	3-4L	5.0	8	4	6	Under
06-18-24	vsDET	1-2W	6.0	3	1	7	Under

Phillies Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
08/23	vs ATL	3-2W	5	0	Under
08/22	vs ATL	1-3L	5	0	Under
08/20	@ WAS	4-6L	10	3	Over
08/19	@ WAS	5-1W	10	0	Under
08/18	@ WAS	3-2W	10	0	Under
08/17	@ WAS	13-3W	17	3	Over
08/16	@ MIA	9-5W	13	1	Over
08/15	@ MIA	0-5L	4	0	Under
08/13	vs ARI	5-12L	8	0	Over
08/12	vs ARI	1-11L	5	0	Over
08/11	vs ARI	2-3L	5	1	Under
08/10	vs ARI	6-4W	14	1	Over
08/09	vs LAD	9-4W	10	3	Over
08/08	vs LAD	6-2W	14	2	Push
08/07	vs LAD	3-5L	8	0	Push

Braves Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
08/23	@ PHI	2-3L	9	1	Under
08/22	@ PHI	3-1W	7	1	Under
08/20	vs LAA	3-1W	8	1	Under
08/19	vs LAA	11-3W	12	3	Over
08/18	vs LAA	2-3L	8	0	Under
08/17	vs SF	0-6L	4	0	Under
08/16	vs SF	13-2W	11	4	Over
08/15	vs SF	4-3W	10	2	Under
08/14	vs SF	1-0W	4	0	Under
08/13	vs COL	8-9L	13	4	Over
08/12	vs COL	11-8W	11	4	Over
08/11	vs COL	5-6L	12	3	Over
08/10	@ MIL	7-16L	10	2	Over
08/09	@ MIL	5-8L	10	2	Over
08/08	@ MIL	0-10L	6	0	Over

Team’s Batting Order

Philadelphia Phillies	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Kyle Schwarber	8.8	12.0	0.251	0.478	0.464	0.942	0.367	0.065
#2 Trea Turner	8.9	11.5	0.301	0.465	0.366	0.831	0.341	0.037
#3 Bryce Harper	8.8	11.7	0.272	0.523	0.415	0.938	0.373	0.062
#4 Alec Bohm	6.9	9.1	0.294	0.470	0.384	0.853	0.348	0.027
#5 Nick Castellanos	7.5	9.8	0.250	0.418	0.332	0.750	0.309	0.034
#6 Bryson Stott	6.8	8.9	0.236	0.352	0.355	0.707	0.290	0.023
#7 J.T. Realmuto	6.7	8.6	0.252	0.381	0.343	0.724	0.298	0.028
#8 Brandon Marsh	6.0	7.9	0.239	0.404	0.360	0.764	0.310	0.038
#9 Johan Rojas	4.9	6.2	0.247	0.313	0.302	0.615	0.258	0.011

Atlanta Braves	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Whit Merrifield	7.1	9.1	0.211	0.321	0.349	0.670	0.275	0.018
#2 Ramon Laureano	7.8	10.2	0.226	0.405	0.327	0.732	0.303	0.042
#3 Marcell Ozuna	8.5	11.2	0.309	0.597	0.431	1.028	0.408	0.079
#4 Matt Olson	6.8	9.1	0.228	0.421	0.356	0.777	0.316	0.046
#5 Travis d’Arnaud	8.0	10.6	0.248	0.453	0.338	0.791	0.325	0.047
#6 Orlando Arcia	6.7	8.6	0.226	0.356	0.299	0.656	0.273	0.029
#7 Adam Duvall	6.4	8.5	0.176	0.315	0.260	0.574	0.242	0.035
#8 Michael Harris II	5.5	7.0	0.247	0.357	0.313	0.670	0.278	0.021
#9 Gio Urshela	4.8	6.1	0.247	0.336	0.316	0.651	0.271	0.016

Phillies Notable Injuries

Ranger Suarez OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/24/24. Impact: 5.6
Austin Hays OUT (OF): Avg: 0.262 SLG:0.403 Last game: 08/09/24. Impact: 2.5

Braves Notable Injuries

Austin Riley OUT (3B): Avg: 0.257 SLG:0.464 Last game: 08/20/24. Impact: 2.8
Ozzie Albies OUT (2B): Avg: 0.254 SLG:0.402 Last game: 07/23/24. Impact: 2.4
A.J. Minter OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/13/24. Impact: 1.2