The Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels clash on Monday at 9:38 p.m. ET, beginning a three-game series at Angel Stadium. Chris Sale (2-0, 0.75 ERA) gets the start for the Braves, who are 6-4 this season and second in the NL East. Jose Soriano (2-0, 0.00 ERA) is expected to start for the Angels, who are 5-5 and second in the AL West.
How to watch Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Angels
Braves vs. Angels odds
Injury reports
Braves
Sean Murphy: 10 Day IL (Hip), Ha-Seong Kim: 10 Day IL (Finger), Spencer Strider: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Daysbel Hernández: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Hurston Waldrep: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Danny Young: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60 Day IL (Elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Joey Wentz: 60 Day IL (Knee), Joe Jimenez: 60 Day IL (Knee)
Angels
Vaughn Grissom: 10 Day IL (Hand), Alek Manoah: 15 Day IL (Finger), Kirby Yates: 15 Day IL (Knee), Grayson Rodriguez: 15 Day IL (Arm), Ben Joyce: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Robert Stephenson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Anthony Rendón: 60 Day IL (Hip), Mike Trout: day-to-day (Hand), Ryan Johnson: day-to-day (Illness)
Stats to know
- Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin is slashing .300/.378/.625 this season with four home runs (3rd in MLB), 12 RBIs (1st in MLB) and an OPS of 1.003 (20th in MLB). He has a 6.7% strikeout rate and an 8.9% walk rate in 45 plate appearances, and he has scored 10 total runs.
- In 43 plate appearances, Matt Olson has hit two long balls, tallied six RBIs and scored six runs. He is batting .289/.372/.579 and has posted a 32.6% strikeout rate and an 11.6% walk rate.
- Zach Neto is hitting for a .231 BA, .362 OBP and .513 SLG with a 23.4% strikeout rate and a 17% walk rate. His OPS is .875 and he has scored nine runs. In 47 plate appearances, he has hit three home runs (8th in MLB) and driven in five runs. Neto has recorded one steal on two attempts.
- In 46 plate appearances, Mike Trout has slashed .212/.435/.424 this season. He has hit two long balls and driven in three runs with a strikeout rate of 26.1% and a walk rate of 23.9%. He has stolen two bases on two attempts and has scored eight runs (12th in MLB).
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