Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves Prediction and Betting Pick. The 2-6 Miami (5th – NL East) at 6-2 Atlanta (1st – NL East) with Marlins being favored at -111. First pitch is scheduled for 12:10PM, April 15, 2015 on the Grass at Turner Field.
Pitching Record
DAN HAREN (R) ERA: 1.50 W/L: 0-0
ERIC STULTS (L) ERA: 5.40 W/L: 0-0
Miami will be looking for their first winning streak of the season after a giant win against Atlanta yesterday 8-2. The Marlins will be sending 1.50 ERA Dan Haren to the mound today against an 5.60 ERA Eric Shultz.
The Marlins offense finally got out of their losing funk and are looking to send the Braves packing with another win today. The mighty Braves were on a 5-0 streak until yesterday when they struggled with runners in scoring position and still went 0 for 4 leaving the eight runners on base.
Miami has averaged 3.5 runs per game while allowing 5 to their opponents which is evident in their record so far. In contrast the Braves have averaged 4.3 runs per game while only allowing 2.9 which have led them to their impressive opening streak.
Wagering Odds:
Moneyline: Miami -111/ Atlanta +101
Over/Under: 7.5
Miami at Atlanta Betting Trends
The Marlins are only 2-8 straight up in their last 10 home games.
The game has gone under the posted total 12 of Miami’s last 18 games
The total has gone under in 4 of Miami’s last 6 games on the road.
The Braves are 8-2 straight up in their last 10 games
Atlanta is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games against Miami
Injury Report
MIAMI MARLINS
Henderson Alvarez
Aaron Crow
Jose Fernandez
Don Kelly
Jeff Mathis
David Phelps
ATLANTA BRAVES
Mike Minor
Josh Outman
Shae Simmons
Joey Terdoslavich
Daniel Winkler
Consensus Betting
Miami: 36%
Atlanta: 64%
Free MLB Pick
The Marlins scorched the Braves pitching for 8 runs last night getting to the early and often. That hasn’t been the norm for the Atlanta pitching staff who have held the opposition to 3 or fewer runs in 6 of the previous 7 games. The barrage of scoring is also not a common happening for Miami who in 5 of their previous 7 games failed to score more than 2 runs including in those were 4 consecutive games versus the Braves. But we all know that baseball handicapping 101 starts with the starting pitching and one of today’s starters Dan Haren was sharp in his opener with 1 run allowed in 6 innings on 4 hits. He has had a lot of success against the Braves with three straight A starts against them allowing 4 earned runs over 20 innings. Eric Stutz gets the ball for Atlanta and he wasn’t at his best in his opener allowing 3 runs, 7 hits and had two of his pitches taken out of the park. He did close out the 2014 season strong with 5 quality starts in his last 6 games and we expect him to put out a better effort in this start. He’s had some rough outings against the Marlins in the past but those came on the road. At Turner Field he’s registered 3 straight quality starts given up 6 runs over 18 1/3 innings.
Take the UNDER 7.5
