Regular season baseball means the Dodgers and Braves are doing math at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, starting at 7:15 PM EDT on MLB.TV and BravesVision. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP, #18) is taking the mound against Chris Sale (LHP, #51), and if you are looking for a clear winner in the arm pit, you’re looking at the wrong scoreboard. Yamamoto sits at 12-7 with a 2.61 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP, while Sale counters with 12-9, a 2.20 ERA, and a 1.03 WHIP. The Dodgers' lineup hits .258 compared to Atlanta’s .247, so the team with the slightly better bat has a sliver of an edge, assuming their pitcher doesn’t decide to throw a full count to a statue.
The real drama is in the back room, where Bobby Miller and Blake Treinen are spending their summers on the 60-day IL list, leaving the Dodgers' bullpen looking like a gas station coffee line—short and likely to betray you. Sale’s 151.2 innings against Yamamoto’s 135.0 makes this a test of who has more gas left in the tank for a division position, not just who has the higher ERA. Check the StreakChat board to see who your crowd thinks can outlast the other in this Atlanta nightcap.