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The Pittsburgh Pirates (24-30) will visit the Atlanta Braves (30-27), Thursday at 7:20 PM ET, in the opener of a four-game series. Max Fried (5-2) will start for the Braves, and JT Brubaker (0-5) for the Pirates.

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Braves vs. Pirates Team Stats

Braves Hitting

  • Austin Riley has a team-high slugging percentage (.529) and leads the Braves in hits (58). He’s batting .260 with 13 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 20 walks.
  • Among the qualified hitters in MLB play, Riley ranks 69th in batting average, 64th in on-base percentage, and 15th in slugging.
  • Matt Olson has 24 doubles, seven home runs and 35 walks while hitting .258, and leads his team with a .362 OBP.
  • Among qualifying batters, Olson ranks 74th in batting average, 32nd in on-base percentage, and 35th in slugging.
  • Olson heads into this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .318 with six doubles, two home runs, three walks and 13 RBI.
  • Ozzie Albies is batting .248 with 14 doubles, seven home runs and 13 walks.
  • Albies has safely hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .211 with a double, a home run and six RBI.
  • Dansby Swanson is batting .273 with 11 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 21 walks.
  • Swanson takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with a double and three walks.

Braves Pitching

  • The Braves average 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
  • Braves pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
  • The Braves have a combined WHIP of 1.262 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
  • The Braves have allowed the second-fewest home runs this season at just 44, or 0.8 per game.
  • They struck out seven Athletics batters while allowing eight hits in a 13-2 win last time out.

Pirates Hitting

  • Ke’Bryan Hayes has a team-leading batting average of .285 while pacing the Pirates in runs batted in with a mark of 20.
  • Among all hitters in the majors, Hayes is 247th in home runs and 132nd in RBI.
  • Bryan Reynolds has hit a team-high eight home runs.
  • Reynolds is 48th overall in home runs and 208th in RBI this year.
  • Daniel Vogelbach is batting .236 with five doubles, a triple, six home runs and 17 walks.
  • Michael Chavis is batting .270 with six doubles, two triples, five home runs and seven walks.

Pirates Pitching

  • The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
  • The Pirates have a 4.33 team ERA that ranks 24th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Pirates have the 25th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.368).
  • The Pirates give up the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (53 total, one per game).
  • They struck out 11 Tigers batters while giving up nine hits in a 3-1 loss in their last game.

Braves vs. Pirates Injuries

Braves Injuries

    Collin McHugh: 10 Day Injury List (Undisclosed), Tyler Matzek: 15 Day Injury List (Shoulder), Mike Soroka: 60 Day Injury List (Achilles), Eddie Rosario: 60 Day Injury List (Eye), Kirby Yates: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), Manny Piña: 60 Day Injury List (Wrist), Luke Jackson: 60 Day Injury List (Undisclosed), Jay Jackson: 60 Day Injury List (Lat), Travis d’Arnaud: day-to-day (Forearm)

Pirates Injuries

    Jake Marisnick: 10 Day Injury List (Thumb), Ben Gamel: 10 Day Injury List (Hamstring), Josh VanMeter: 10 Day Injury List (Finger), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo: 10 Day Injury List (Undisclosed), Heath Hembree: 15 Day Injury List (Right calf), Dillon Peters: 15 Day Injury List (Undisclosed), Greg Allen: 60 Day Injury List (Hamstring), Roberto Pérez: 60 Day Injury List (Hamstring), Kevin Newman: 60 Day Injury List (Groin), Blake Cederlind: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow), Nick Mears: 60 Day Injury List (Elbow)

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Braves Upcoming Schedule

Date Opponent Score Home/Away
6/3/2022 Rockies W 3-1 Away
6/4/2022 Rockies W 6-2 Away
6/5/2022 Rockies W 8-7 Away
6/7/2022 Athletics W 3-2 Home
6/8/2022 Athletics W 13-2 Home
6/9/2022 Pirates Home
6/10/2022 Pirates Home
6/11/2022 Pirates Home
6/12/2022 Pirates Home
6/13/2022 Nationals Away
6/14/2022 Nationals Away

Pirates Upcoming Schedule

Date Opponent Score Home/Away
6/3/2022 Diamondbacks L 8-6 Home
6/4/2022 Diamondbacks W 2-1 Home
6/5/2022 Diamondbacks W 3-0 Home
6/7/2022 Tigers L 5-3 Home
6/8/2022 Tigers L 3-1 Home
6/9/2022 Braves Away
6/10/2022 Braves Away
6/11/2022 Braves Away
6/12/2022 Braves Away
6/13/2022 Cardinals Away
6/14/2022 Cardinals Away
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Adam Fromal joined the Endgame360 team in 2021 and works primarily with the Sportscasting team. He comes with a wealth of sports writing knowledge, building on a career that started in 2010, and with editing experience dating back to 2016. Adam enjoys covering all facets of the sports industry but has a particular love for basketball and the NBA. He grew up with that as a favorite and made it a career when he covered the NBA for almost a decade as a writer for Bleacher Report. During that time, he covered Denver Nuggets games and ran his own analytics website called NBA Math (a venture that he continues today). Throughout his tenure as an editor, Adam has a few other claims to fame: He helped to provide quality control for the Emmy-nominated "Game of Zones" web series at Bleacher Report and worked as a fact-checker for The Ringer's Mirin Fader on her debut book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. Adam earned his bachelor's degrees from the University of Georgia in Classical Culture, Latin, and Psychology.

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