{"id":65320,"date":"2025-07-01T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T09:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65320"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T09:03:12","slug":"braves-host-the-angels-in-first-of-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=65320","title":{"rendered":"Braves host the Angels in first of 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<span data-date=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles Angels (41-42, third in the AL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (38-45, third in the NL East)<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Tyler Anderson (2-5, 4.41 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 70 strikeouts); Braves: Didier Fuentes (0-2, 10.80 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, four strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p>BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -161, Angels +135; over\/under is 9 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves open a three-game series at home against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta has a 23-17 record at home and a 38-45 record overall. Braves hitters have a collective .380 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the NL.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has a 41-42 record overall and a 21-22 record on the road. The Angels are 16-8 in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n<p>The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Olson leads the Braves with 15 home runs while slugging .474. Ronald Acuna is 11 for 34 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Jo Adell has eight doubles, 18 home runs and 43 RBIs for the Angels. Logan O\u2019Hoppe is 9 for 37 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 4-6, .235 batting average, 4.50 ERA, outscored by 12 runs<\/p>\n<p>Angels: 5-5, .249 batting average, 4.26 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Braves: Chris Sale: 15-Day IL (rib), Daysbel Hernandez: 15-Day IL (arm), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (calf\/elbow), Reynaldo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n<p>Angels: Zach Neto: day-to-day (shoulder), Jorge Soler: 10-Day IL (back), Chris Taylor: 10-Day IL (hand), Yoan Moncada: 10-Day IL (knee), Robert Stephenson: 15-Day IL (biceps), Ben Joyce: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves host the Los Angeles Angels to begin a three-game series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":65321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1331,1319,2050,71,69,2357,86,635,412,577,2335,2362,2360,407,2361,1332,1127,2356,288,1069,44,80,181,2359,1008,50,2355,735,2358],"class_list":["post-65320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-aj-smith-shawver","tag-anthony-rendon","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-ben-joyce","tag-ca-state-wire","tag-california","tag-chris-sale","tag-chris-taylor","tag-daysbel-hernandez","tag-didier-fuentes","tag-ga-state-wire","tag-georgia","tag-jo-adell","tag-joe-jimenez","tag-jorge-soler","tag-logan-ohoppe","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-matt-olson","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-reynaldo-lopez","tag-robert-stephenson","tag-ronald-acuna","tag-sports","tag-tyler-anderson","tag-yoan-moncada","tag-zach-neto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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