Grant Holmes (above) of the Atlanta Braves will be back on the mound this weekend. Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images

The Atlanta Braves, who are back home after losing two of three in Philadelphia, will host the Boston Red Sox and the Arizona Diamondbacks in their next two series, beginning on Friday, May 29, at Truist Park. 

The six-game homestand will come after playing three games in Philadelphia following a day off on Memorial Day. During the three-game series that included a doubleheader on Thursday due to weather on Tuesday, Chris Sale (3-3, 3:06 ERA, 86 K’s in 67.2 IP) pitched one of his best games of the season, going six innings with no earned runs and eight strikeouts. Sale will be back on the mound against Arizona during this homestand.

The two opponents the Braves will face next are familiar foes; Atlanta took two of three in Boston earlier this month and two out of three in Arizona last month. 

The Braves will then be back on the road from June 6-11 in San Francisco and Milwaukee, respectively. Atlanta is well under .500 on the road this season and can make up some ground on National League East leaders Philadelphia and the New York Mets against the Giants and Brewers. Both are third-place teams in their respective divisions. 

Who’s Hot: 

Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna, Jr., has returned and immediately made an impact. If not in the win column, then most certainly at the plate and in the outfield. Acuna looks comfortable in the outfield again. He had an outfield assist during the series against the San Diego Padres last weekend.

Offensively, Acuna, Jr., has looked like his old self. In his first three games back from a year-long injury, Acuna had at least one hit in all three games, including two home runs. Though he hasn’t hit a home run since that first series back, he is still hitting over .300 out of the leadoff spot.

Who’s Not:

Atlanta center fielder Michael Harris II was 2-11 with just two RBI during the weekend three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Truist Park. The Braves lost two of the three games, and Harris managed to lower his already low sub .230 batting average in the process.

In Philadelphia, Harris went 4-12 at the plate, but only managed to drive in one run while striking out four times.

Harris, who has only three home runs this season, hasn’t hit a home run since April 19 against the Minnesota Twins. 

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