Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies 6/28/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

NL East Division rivals will square off on Tuesday night, when the Atlanta Braves travel to Citizens Bank Park to take on the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves (42-32) have split their previous ten games and trail first place New York by five full games. On Sunday night, Atlanta went 2-for-16 with runners in scoring positon during a 5-3 home loss versus Los Angeles in 11 innings.

Thirty-eight year old righty Charlie Morton (4-3 4.84 ERA) will head to the hill for the Braves in this matchup. Last time out, Morton fanned 11 batters and allowed two runs during a 4-3 home victory versus San Francisco.

The Philadelphia Phillies have won consecutive games and are eight games off the pace in the division race. On Sunday, OF Kyle Schwarber homered and drove in four runs to power Philadelphia to an 8-5 road victory against San Diego. Nick Castellanos collected four hits and drove in a run for the Phillies (39-35).

The Phillies will counter with hard-throwing righty Zack Wheeler (6-4 2.77 ERA) in the series opener. Through 74 plus innings, Wheeler has struck out 86 batters and owns a solid 1.11 WHIP.