{"id":667958,"date":"2026-04-07T08:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:06:17","slug":"braves-take-road-skid-into-matchup-with-the-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667958\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves take road skid into matchup with the Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Braves (6-5, fourth in the NL East) vs. Los Angeles Angels (6-5, second in the AL West)<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim, California; Tuesday, 9:38 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Reynaldo Lopez (1-0, 1.64 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, six strikeouts); Angels: Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 6.52 ERA, 1.97 WHIP, eight strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Braves -140, Angels +118; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves travel to the Los Angeles Angels looking to stop a three-game road skid.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has a 6-5 record overall and a 3-1 record at home. The Angels have a 2-0 record in games decided by one run.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta is 6-5 overall and 2-3 on the road. The Braves are second in the NL with 15 total home runs, averaging 1.4 per game.<\/p>\n<p>The teams match up Tuesday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Zach Neto has four home runs, eight walks and six RBIs while hitting .233 for the Angels. Nolan Schanuel is 9 for 37 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Drake Baldwin has a double and five home runs for the Braves. Mauricio Dubon is 12 for 36 with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 5-5, .196 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored by three runs<\/p>\n<p>Braves: 5-5, .241 batting average, 2.56 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Angels: Mike Trout: day-to-day (hand), Ryan Johnson: 15-Day IL (illness), Kirby Yates: 15-Day IL (knee), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vaughn Grissom: 10-Day IL (hand), Grayson Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (arm), Ben Joyce: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip), Alek Manoah: 15-Day IL (finger)<\/p>\n<p>Braves: AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (finger), Spencer Strider: 15-Day IL (oblique), Danny Young: 15-Day IL (elbow), Daysbel Hernandez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Murphy: 10-Day IL (hip), Hurston Waldrep: 15-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves (6-5, fourth in the NL East) vs. Los Angeles Angels (6-5, second in the AL West)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[1266,7900,291,9394,3287,46,5,942,2178,1563,13379,17141,652,2295,582,633,5163,10367,1710,99,1165,446,3223,774,56,3224,3222,3617,603,4,256,4953,5171,9393,7274,656,659,773,185,1229,809,2052],"class_list":{"0":"post-667958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-angels","8":"tag-aj-smith-shawver","9":"tag-alek-manoah","10":"tag-angels","11":"tag-anthony-rendon","12":"tag-athlete-injuries","13":"tag-atlanta-braves","14":"tag-baseball","15":"tag-ben-joyce","16":"tag-california","17":"tag-danny-young","18":"tag-data-skrive","19":"tag-daysbel-hernandez","20":"tag-ga-state-wire","21":"tag-georgia","22":"tag-grayson-rodriguez","23":"tag-ha-seong-kim","24":"tag-illinois","25":"tag-joe-jimenez","26":"tag-joey-wentz","27":"tag-kirby-yates","28":"tag-la","29":"tag-la-angels","30":"tag-laangels","31":"tag-los-angeles","32":"tag-los-angeles-angels","33":"tag-losangeles","34":"tag-losangelesangels","35":"tag-mauricio-dubon","36":"tag-mike-trout","37":"tag-mlb","38":"tag-mlb-baseball","39":"tag-nolan-schanuel","40":"tag-reynaldo-lopez","41":"tag-robert-stephenson","42":"tag-ryan-johnson","43":"tag-sean-murphy","44":"tag-spencer-schwellenbach","45":"tag-spencer-strider","46":"tag-sports","47":"tag-vaughn-grissom","48":"tag-yusei-kikuchi","49":"tag-zach-neto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667958","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=667958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}