The Braves-Phillies NLDS series resumes Saturday afternoon, and Atlanta is scheduled to send playoff veteran Charlie Morton to the mound.
The righthander went 9-6 with a 4.34 earned run average and 205 strikeouts in 172 innings this season. Morton has pitched in the playoffs in every year since 2017. His 16 playoff starts since 2017 show he’s very used to big-game situations. In games where his team has faced elimination, he’s 5-0 with a 0.73 ERA.
We got to win one in a row right now is what we got to do, and we’ve got the perfect guy out there to do it,” Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said after Friday’s loss.
Meanwhile, the Phils will counter with Noah Syndergaard, who pitched an inning in Philadelphia’s Game 1 win on Wednesday. The righty went 10-10 this season with a 3.94 ERA, and that includes a 5-2 record and a 4.12 ERA in 10 regular season games for the Phillies since being acquired in an August trade.
Despite being on the road in a must-win situation, oddsmakers like Morton, and have installed the Braves as the favorite in Saturday’s game. and Caesars has them at -125 on the moneyline, while FanDuel lists them at -124, and DraftKings offers them at -130.
The Phillies straight-up odds range from +110 at DraftKings to +106 at FanDuel and +105 at Caesars and BetMGM.
