Charlie Morton will look to play the role of stopper Thursday evening when the Atlanta Braves begin a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Truist Park. Atlanta limps into the series having lost two straight and six of their past seven overall. They are not a season-high five games below .500 at 30-35 and are 7.5 games behind the New York Mets fo the division lead. They are sinking fast and it may already be too late to right the ship.
The Cardinals have struggled recently themselves but will carry a three-game winning streak into the series after sweeping the Miami Marlins.