Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins 5/20/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Friday night MLB action, the Atlanta Braves will travel to loanDepot Park to take on the Miami Marlins. The Braves (17-21) are three games below .500 on the road and trail NL East Division leading New York by eight full games. On Wednesday, Austin Riley and Marcel Ozuna each went deep during a 7-6 road loss against Milwaukee in 11 innings.

Thirty-eight year old righty Charlie Morton (2-3 4.93 ERA) will take the mound for the Braves in this matchup. Morton has won consecutive starts and has limited his opponents to just one run over his last 11 innings.

The Miami Marlins are a game below .500 at home and hold a half-game lead over Atlanta for third place in the division standings. On Wednesday, Miami went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position during a 5-4 home loss versus Washington in ten innings. 2B Jazz Chisolm homered and scored a pair of runs for the Marlins (17-20).

Miami manager Don Mattingly will give the ball to talented left-hander Trevor Rogers (2-4 4.45 ERA) on Friday. In his last start, Rogers allowed one run and fanned eight batters during a 9-3 home victory versus Milwaukee.