Braves vs Phillies

Live coverage and updates from the Braves' Game 3 matchup against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Atlanta now trails Philadelphia 2-1 in the series and will face a must-win situation in Game 4 Saturday. Snitker wouldn’t divulge how far Strider would go in the game after his long lay off instead saying that they will take it inning-by-inning. “We put this kid on the roster to pitch him. Update - ET and will be broadcast on FS1. Still made fun of everybody, even though in his mind he wasn’t playing good baseball.” Try to be the same guy every day.” Olson has also walked three times and drove home the go-ahead run in Game 2. Strider has thrown at least two bullpen sessions in the last week, but how long he might pitch Friday is anyone’s guess. Strider finished the season on the injured list due to an sore oblique and his availability in the series was initially in question. They will look to take back home field advantage in the series Friday night with Spencer Strider matching up against Aaron Nola. The Braves tied the series Wednesday night after a nearly three hour rain delay with a, 3-0 win.

After a rainy day in Philly, the atmosphere over Citizens Bank Park should be nearly perfect Friday afternoon.

In splitting the first two games, the Phillies also achieved the goal of most road teams in a short series. And it’s tough to shake the feeling that, well, maybe the Phillies did. 5, and as a team, the Braves hit lefties better than righties in the regular season. When we come into the game, I come in to hit the target. Aaron Nola is scheduled to start Game 3 for the Phillies, who have not yet announced a Game 4 starter. Shaw also travels back to the States every year (except for during the pandemic) to catch at least one Phillies game. 3 in Houston to win the game that clinched the Phillies’ first playoff spot since 2011, but he threw another 6 2/3 scoreless innings in the series-clincher in the wild-card round in St. Phelan, who signed with the Phillies as a minor league free agent in 2020, was battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, and had recently visited the team when they were in New York to play the Mets. To be fair, Rhys Hoskins should be able to dig that out of the dirt, even on the intermediate hop. Not to be outdone, Nick Castellanos came to the plate next and drove in both Harper and J.T. And again, in the third, when he fell on his butt trying to pick Alec Bohm’s errant throw from third. It didn’t look like it was going to be easy early on, as Braves starter Spencer Strider sat down the first six Phillies in order.