Who will WIN this matchup?
Atlanta Braves (84-51)
@ Oakland Athletics (50-85)
Starting Pitchers:
Wright (ATL): 17-5; 2.85 ERA
Irvin (OAK) 7-11; 3.35 ERA
Current odds:
Atlanta Braves: (-233)
Oakland Athletics: (+196)
• The starting line-up for Atlanta is as follows:
• The starting line-up for Oakland is as follows:
• Matt Olson makes his return to Oakland on Tuesday night for the first time since being traded when the Athletics open a two-game interleague series against the Atlanta Braves. After pacing the A’s or sharing the lead in home runs in each of the past three seasons, Olson was dealt to the Braves in March as part of Oakland’s salary purge that began last offseason and continued up to this year’s trade deadline.
• Olson was arguably the most valuable of the exported assets, allowing the A’s to get back two position players who have already reached the majors — catcher Shea Langeliers and outfielder Cristian Pache — as well as two pitching prospects.
• Without its star first baseman, Oakland (50-85) has struggled to the worst record in the American League. There have been times when all the new pieces fit into place, like in Sunday’s 5-0 road win over the Baltimore Orioles, when Seth Brown belted two homers and Adrian Martinez (4-3), acquired from the San Diego Padres, threw six shutout innings.
• Langeliers also contributed two RBIs in the win, which ended a 2-4 trip to Washington and Baltimore. The A’s kick off a six-game homestand Tuesday as the Chicago White Sox come to town for four games later in the week.
• Interestingly, Langeliers has gotten off to a faster start than Olson when he debuted in September of 2016 at age 22. He has served as Oakland’s designated hitter more often than catching since debuting on Aug. 16 at age 24 and has three homers and 12 RBIs in his first 17 games.
• Olson, who was Oakland’s first-round draft pick in 2012, went 2-for-21 with no homers and no RBIs in 11 games in his initial 2016 call-up. He didn’t record his first RBI until his second game of 2017 (13th game overall) and didn’t record his first homer until seven games later (20th game overall).
• Not that anybody is expecting Langeliers to duplicate Olson’s 2021 career-high marks of 39 homers with 111 RBIs anytime soon.
• Olson, a 28-year-old Atlanta native, has 27 homers and 87 RBIs for the Braves with 27 games remaining. He’s done so for a Braves (84-51) team that trails the New York Mets by just one game in the National League East.
• Atlanta has won five in a row as it embarks on an eight-game Western swing that includes three in Seattle and three in San Francisco.
• Wright brings a 15 1/3-inning shutout streak into the contest. He has never pitched in Oakland and was seeing the A’s for the first time in June when he allowed a two-run single to Ramon Laureano in the first inning before pitching shutout ball for the remainder of his eight innings.
• Irvin didn’t get a decision after limiting the Braves to two runs in 5 1/3 innings in that one. It was his first career start against Atlanta after five relief appearances.
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