Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins 8/17/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Tuesday night MLB action, the Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins will continue their series from loanDepot Park. The Braves (63-56) are riding a four-game winning streak and hold a 1.5 game lead over Philadelphia for first place in the NL East Division. Last night, Freddie Freeman and Adam Duvall each went deep during a 12-2 road triumph.

Twenty-three year old righty Huascar Ynoa (4-2 4.54 ERA) will head to the hill for the Braves in this contest. Last time out, Ynoa gave up five runs in four plus innings during a 10-9 road loss against Milwaukee.

The Miami Marlins are two games above .500 at home and have finally climbed out of last place. On Monday, Miami SP Braxton Garrett (1-2) walked six batters in three innings and took the loss. SS Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a leadoff home run in a losing effort for the Marlins, who fell to 51-68 on the season.

Miami manager Don Mattingly will turn to talented right-hander Sandy Alcantara (7-10 3.52 ERA) on Tuesday. In his last start, Alcantara struck out seven batters in seven innings during a 7-0 road victory against San Diego.