The Braves have had three straight frustrating losses, as they have now lost three consecutive games immediately after reaching the .500 mark for the fifth time this season, which is pretty incredible for a team hovering around .500 overall, even if it’s slightly below .500. Over half of Atlanta’s losses this season have come during losing streaks that have immediately followed the team being at the .500 mark, which is just very strange statistically.
Anyway, so Atlanta will try to stop this latest streak at “only” three losses, with Max Fried taking the mound. Fried has been mostly good since returning from injury, aside from a bit of a rough start against Washington.