Atlanta Braves (0-1) vs. San Diego Padres (1-0)

San Diego; Friday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Reynaldo Lopez (0-0); Padres: Dylan Cease (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Padres -125, Braves +106; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres play the Atlanta Braves, leading the series 1-0.

San Diego went 93-69 overall and 45-36 at home a season ago. The Padres scored 4.7 runs per game in the 2024 season while allowing 4.1.

Atlanta went 89-73 overall and 43-38 on the road a season ago. The Braves pitching staff averaged 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings while giving up 3.7 runs per game in the 2024 season.

INJURIES: Padres: Bryan Hoeing: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Yu Darvish: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jhony Brito: 15-Day IL (forearm), Sean Reynolds: 15-Day IL (foot), Matt Waldron: 15-Day IL (oblique), Joe Musgrove: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Braves: Joe Jimenez: 15-Day IL (knee), Ronald Acuna Jr.: 10-Day IL (knee), Spencer Strider: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ignacio Alvarez: 10-Day IL (wrist), Sean Murphy: 10-Day IL (rib)

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