Braves Briefing: Losing in Oakland is a bad look

The Atlanta Braves should not be dropping games to the Oakland Athletics.

The past two games, Atlanta's offense has been nowhere to be found. With the exception of a few home runs, the Braves' lineup has been unable to score runs against a historically bad baseball team.

Coming into the series with just 10 wins, the Braves have been the only team to let Oakland win two games in a row in 2023. 

It's a long season and we won't be talking about these games at the end of the year, but the offense has not been able to string together solid hits to create runs while Atlanta is focused on fixing the pitching situation. They look to avoid the sweep on Wednesday.

NL East Standings

Team	Record	GB	Action Today
Atlanta	32-23	-	@ Oakland
Miami	28-27	4.0	Hosts San Diego
NYM	28-27	4.0	Hosts Philadelphia
Philadelphia	25-29	6.5	@ NYM
Washington	23-32	9.0	@ LAD

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Braves Today's Will Moon covered the action last night. It was easy to see that Bryce Elder continues to be impressive for Atlanta this season.

Bryce Elder keeps getting the job done. He pitched 7.1 innings tonight and only allowed one run, lowering his now league-leading ERA to 1.93. He's still not an overpowering arm, with a modest five strikeouts tonight, but his ability to induce weak contact continues to bamboozle just about every lineup he faces.
With the injuries to Max Fried and Kyle Wright, Elder and 2020 draft classmate Spencer Strider have largely carried the rotation thus far. Fried, at least, should return at some point in the coming weeks, but it's hard to overstate the importance of Bryce Elder to the 2023 Braves.

How to watch the Atlanta Braves

The Braves will try to avoid a particularly embarrassing sweep tomorrow afternoon, with rookie Jared Shuster (1-2, 5.33 ERA, 4.63 FIP) taking the ball. Oakland, who is now 12-45 on the season, counters with right-hander James Kaprielian, whose stats are absolutely gruesome (0-5, 8.45 ERA, 5.86 FIP).

First pitch in Wednesday's action in Oakland is set for 3:37 PM ET. The game 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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