Baseball is a unique game where you can spend six months and 162 games and then have it all come down to one five-game series in October. That is where the Atlanta Braves find themselves Thursday heading into Game 4 of the Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves must win Thursday night to force a Game 5 back in Atlanta on Saturday. To do so, they are going to have to play a lot better than they have over the first three games of the series.
Before I get to the pitching matchup, let’s get something out of the way first.