Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves 5/8/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Sunday afternoon MLB action, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Atlanta Braves will wrap up their weekend series from SunTrust Park. The Brewers (19-8) are riding a four-game winning streak and own a 2.5 game lead over St. Louis for first place in the NL Central Division. Last night, Milwaukee struck out 11 times and committed two errors during a 3-2 road loss.

Twenty-three year old righty Aaron Ashby (0-2 2.33 ERA) will take the mound for the Brewers in this matchup. Through 19 plus innings, Ashby has struck out 22 batters and allowed just one home run.

The Atlanta Braves are a game under .500 at home and trail NL East Division leading New York by seven full games. During Saturday's home victory, Atlanta OF Ronald Acuna Jr. connected on his second home run of the season. SP Max Fried (4-2) allowed one run and struck out eight batters in seven innings to earn the win for the Braves, who improved to 13-16 on the season.

The Braves will counter with veteran right-hander Charlie Morton (1-3 6.85 ERA) in the series finale. Atlanta has lost Morton’s last four starts and he has given up 17 runs over his last 18 plus innings.