After picking up a game in the standings with a walkoff win on Saturday night, the Atlanta Braves will try to sweep away the Miami Marlins as they send Max Fried to the hill to square off against Pablo Lopez.
Although Fried has been one of the game’s pitchers through the first five months of the 2022 season (ranking fifth in fWAR currently), he had an off night in his last outing. Against the Rockies on August 30, Fried lasted just five frames with a 3/1 K/BB ratio. It was his lowest strikeout total since April 21, 2021, against the Marlins, and only the second time this season he failed to record a 16th out.