Braves Briefing: The Atlanta Braves will go with a new starting pitcher this weekend
The Atlanta Braves are expected to start Allan Winans on the mound this Saturday against Milwaukee.
Winans pitched six years in the minors after being a 17th-round selection by the New York Mets and would make it to their Double-A squad. Atlanta would later select him in the Rule 5 draft and would suit up for the Double-A Mississippi and played at Triple-A Gwinnett last season.
USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale tweeted the following about the news.
Allan Winans will be making his #MLB debut with Atlanta as he’s scheduled to start Saturday after six seasons in the minors. Quite the rise for a college senior who signed for 10k in the 2018 draft. He yielded a 2.81 ERA in Triple- A this season over 102.2 Innings.
He is not currently on the 40-man roster at the time of this writing and Atlanta will obviously have to select his contract before Saturday's action.
NL East Standings
| Team | Record | GB | Action Today |
|---|---|---|---|
Atlanta | 62-33 | - | @ Milwaukee |
Philadelphia | 52-44 | 10.5 | @ Cleveland |
Miami | 53-45 | 10.5 | Hosts Colorado |
NYM | 45-51 | 17.5 | @ Boston |
Washington | 38-58 | 24.5 | Hosts SF |
We wrote it
Our Lindsay Crosby handled the coverage Thursday throughout Atlanta's 7-5 win over the Diamondbacks. One of the takeaways was highlighting Austin Riley and Matt Olson.
Austin Riley's been as hot as you can possibly be in this series - after two homeruns and 7 RBIs in game one and another homerun in game two, he hit a triple and a homerun in consecutive innings in this one to give him eleven RBIs and four homers on the series.
Matt Olson, who went 0-5 with four walks and a run scored in the first two games of the series, finally got a chance to put the ball in the air and he capitalized.
Olson hit back to back homeruns in the 7th and 8th innings, the first a two-run bomb that brought in Riley from 3rd to bring the Braves within one, and the 2nd an insurance run in the 8th after Riley's homerun gave Atlanta a 6-5 lead.
The final homer gave Olson 80 RBIs on the season, tying him with Texas's Adolis Garcia for the most in baseball.
Check out all of the takeaways.
How to watch the Atlanta Braves
Atlanta loads up and flies to Milwaukee, where they'll take on the Brewers in a three-game series starting Friday in American Family Field. Michael Soroka (1-1, 5.40 ERA) gets the start against RHP Freddy Peralta (6-7, 4.41 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 PM ET. The Braves broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports South and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.
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