{"id":662438,"date":"2026-04-04T08:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662438\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:16:34","slug":"braves-aim-to-keep-win-streak-going-against-the-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662438\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves aim to keep win streak going against the Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/atlanta-braves-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> (6-2) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> (3-5)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Phoenix; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/bryce-elder-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Elder<\/a> (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, five strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Mike Soroka (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -114, Diamondbacks -106; over\/under is 9 runs<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves will attempt to keep their three-game win streak going when they visit the Arizona Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Arizona had an 80-82 record overall and a 43-38 record in home games last season. The Diamondbacks slugged .433 with a .757 OPS as a team in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Atlanta had a 76-86 record overall and a 37-44 record in road games last season. The Braves slugged .399 with a .720 OPS as a team in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">INJURIES: Diamondbacks: Jordan Lawlar: 10-Day IL (wrist), Pavin Smith: 10-Day IL (elbow), Tyler Locklear: 10-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Mena: 60-Day IL (shoulder), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/lourdes-gurriel-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lourdes Gurriel<\/a> Jr.: 10-Day IL (knee), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/blake-walston-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Walston<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), A.J. Puk: 60-Day IL (elbow), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/merrill-kelly-2-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Merrill Kelly<\/a>: 15-Day IL (back), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/andrew-saalfrank-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Saalfrank<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/corbin-burnes-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corbin Burnes<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/justin-martinez-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Martinez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Braves: AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (finger), Spencer Strider: 15-Day IL (oblique), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/danny-young-2-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Young<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Daysbel Hernandez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/sean-murphy-3-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Murphy<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hip), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/hurston-waldrep-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurston Waldrep<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/spencer-schwellenbach-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Schwellenbach<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/joe-jimenez-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Jimenez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves (6-2) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (3-5) Phoenix; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Bryce Elder (1-0,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[13491,146,22,4314,46,5,7905,4720,97,1563,38,75686,38015,10367,651,1447,19,660,4,656,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-662438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-andrew-saalfrank","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","11":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","12":"tag-atlanta-braves","13":"tag-baseball","14":"tag-blake-walston","15":"tag-bryce-elder","16":"tag-corbin-burnes","17":"tag-danny-young","18":"tag-diamondbacks","19":"tag-event_preview","20":"tag-hurston-waldrep","21":"tag-joe-jimenez","22":"tag-justin-martinez","23":"tag-lourdes-gurriel-jr","24":"tag-major-league-baseball","25":"tag-merrill-kelly","26":"tag-mlb","27":"tag-sean-murphy","28":"tag-spencer-schwellenbach"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116345452702413070","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}