Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers

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Chris Sale and Jacob Misiorowski turned Friday's series opener into exactly the pitching clinic scouts promised, and neither name needed much help doing it. Sale carried a 2.13 ERA into the start and had racked up 9 strikeouts across 6 innings his last time out, though Arizona still stuck him with the loss that day. Misiorowski, Milwaukee's flame-throwing rookie right-hander, brought a 1.71 ERA and had shut the Dodgers down for 6 innings on 1 run in his previous look. Neither arm disappointed.

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Braves(75-53)

WLLLW

1

+1.5-182+130o6.5+130

Brewers(79-49)

WLWWW

2

-1.5+178-133u6.5-127

Best BetBrewers -133

Postgame

Milwaukee got exactly what the pick banked on — Misiorowski held the line and the Brewers' offense scratched across just enough to win 2-1. The bear case about Sale dealing was real; he kept Atlanta in it, he just didn't get the extra run to work with.

Pregame

Milwaukee's just the better team right now, full stop — best record in baseball, an ace on the mound, and a lineup that's won 4 of 5. Atlanta's talented enough to steal one, but backing the Braves means betting a slumping offense snaps out of it against the guy with the best ERA in the league.

Milwaukee still doesn't have Sal Frelick, who's been out with a shoulder issue and wasn't activated for this series even though manager Pat Murphy has said he's close to a return. Atlanta showed up without half its bullpen — Reynaldo Lopez, Robert Suarez, Joe Jimenez and Joey Wentz are all sidelined in some form — which left Walt Weiss with thinner relief options than he'd like in a game this tight.

Chris Sale

(12-9)·2.20 ERA

Aug 14 vs Diamondbacks

L

6.0IP

1ER

9K

0BB

108P

08/21 Lineup

Jacob Misiorowski

(13-5)·1.68 ERA

Aug 15 @ Dodgers

W

6.0IP

1ER

6K

1BB

98P

08/21 Lineup

With stuff this nasty on both mounds and both offenses banged up in spots, a low-scoring night felt inevitable before a pitch was thrown, and that's exactly how it played out.

Atlanta Braves

(75-53)

Aug 20W@ White Sox2-0

Aug 19L@ Twins4-6

Aug 18L@ Twins1-4

Aug 17L@ Twins2-4

Aug 16Wvs Diamondbacks5-3

Milwaukee Brewers

(79-49)

Aug 20Wvs Mariners7-4

Aug 19Lvs Mariners5-7

Aug 18Wvs Mariners22-0

Aug 16W@ Dodgers6-2

Aug 15W@ Dodgers4-1

Atlanta needed a win over the White Sox just to snap out of a funk, having been swept 0-3 by the Twins right before that, and arrived at 2-3 in the last 5. Milwaukee came in considerably hotter at 4-1 in the last 5, having taken 2 of the first 3 against the Mariners, including a 22-0 blowout along the way.

Atlanta Braves

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• 15-Day-ILReynaldo Lopez (RP) — Lopez (knee) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.08/21
• 15-Day-ILRobert Suarez (RP) — Suarez (elbow) will advance his throwing progression on flat ground Thursday, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.08/12
• suspensionJurickson Profar (LF) — Profar will miss the full 2026 season after the appeal of his 162-game PED suspension was denied Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILSpencer Schwellenbach (SP) — Schwellenbach (elbow) is still not feeling 100 percent and will have his throwing progression slowed, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.08/12
• 60-Day-ILSpencer Strider (SP) — Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Monday that Strider (elbow) will begin a throwing progression this week, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.08/10
• 60-Day-ILJoe Jimenez (RP) — Atlanta manager Walt Weiss revealed Wednesday that Jimenez underwent another surgery on his left knee 3-to-4 weeks ago, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.05/13
• 60-Day-ILJoey Wentz (RP) — Atlanta placed Wentz (knee) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08

Milwaukee Brewers

(9)

• 10-Day-ILSal Frelick (RF) — Brewers manager Pat Murphy said that Frelick (shoulder) will not be activated from the 10-day injured list Friday or Saturday, but "I think you'll see him very soon," Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.08/21
• 15-Day-ILJoJo Romero (RP) — Romero (abdomen) will throw a live batting practice session Friday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.08/18
• 15-Day-ILAbner Uribe (RP) — Uribe (forearm) will throw a bullpen session Tuesday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.08/18
• 15-Day-ILJoel Kuhnel (RP) — Kuhnel (shoulder) retired two of the five batters he faced and was charged with two earned runs on three hits and no walks in a rehab appearance Sunday for Triple-A Nashville.08/03
• 60-Day-ILBrandon Woodruff (SP) — Woodruff announced Saturday that he will undergo season-ending capsule repair surgery on his right shoulder, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.07/18
• 60-Day-ILRob Zastryzny (RP) — The Brewers transferred Zastryzny (shoulder) to the 60-day injured list Wednesday.07/16
• 60-Day-ILBrian Fitzpatrick (RP) — Fitzpatrick (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery over the past week, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.07/05
• 60-Day-ILQuinn Priester (SP) — Priester will undergo thoracic outlet compression surgery on Monday and is expected to be sidelined 8-to-10 months, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.06/18
• 60-Day-ILAngel Zerpa (RP) — The Brewers transferred Zerpa (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Sunday.05/31

Atlanta's rotation was already stretched thin without Spencer Strider and Spencer Schwellenbach, both still building back from elbow trouble, and Jurickson Profar's season-long suspension hasn't made things easier for a lineup that could use another bat. Milwaukee, for its part, is still waiting on Frelick and has JoJo Romero and Abner Uribe working their way back into the bullpen. None of it stopped the Brewers from making the 1 extra run count.

Misiorowski's Cy Young case just added another line to it, and this one mattered beyond the box score — Milwaukee carries the better record in the National League, and every win over a good team like Atlanta is about staying there, not just banking one on the schedule.