Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks 9/20/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Monday night MLB action, the Atlanta Braves will travel to Chase Field to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Braves (77-70) are six games above .500 on the road and lead Philadelphia by 1.5 games for first place in the NL East Division. On Sunday, Atlanta OF Eddie Rosario hit for the cycle during a 3-0 road victory against San Francisco.

Twenty-five year old righty Touki Toussaint (3-3 4.50 ERA) will take the mound for the Braves in this matchup. In his last start, Toussaint gave up four runs in four innings during a 5-4 home loss versus Colorado.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are 15 games below .500 and sitting in last place in the NL West Division standings. On Sunday, Arizona RP Brandyn Sittinger (0-1) surrendered back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning of a 7-6 road loss against Houston. Pavin Smith hit his 11th home run of the season in a losing effort for the Diamondbacks (48-101).

The Diamondbacks will counter with twenty-eight year old righty Luke Weaver (3-5 4.42 ERA) in the series opener. Through 55 innings of work, Weaver has struck out 49 batters and owns a solid 1.16 WHIP.