Paul Maholm has been on a rollercoaster ride the last month with a good outing followed by a bad outing. If that trend continues Tuesday night, we should see a solid performance by the former star at Mississippi State
Is that enough of a reason to back the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday when the MLB odds have them listed as -135 chalk in the middle game of their series against the Miami Marlins? Probably not, but coupled with Atlanta being on a good run and facing a pitcher its lineup rocked earlier this summer, then we have the basis for a play.
Nate Eovaldi is scheduled for Miami on Tuesday, and the Game 2 total is set at 8.5 with a level price OVER/UNDER.
Maholm was banged around last week in Milwaukee where the Brewers got to him for eight runs (6 earned) before he could finish the fifth inning. This will be his first start against Miami since joining the Braves, and he shut them down earlier this year while still part of the Cubs rotation with eight innings of 1-run baseball.
Eovaldi is seeing the Braves for the second time since coming to the Marlins in the trade that sent Hanley Ramirez west to Los Angeles . The young righty out of Alvin, Texas was treated rudely at Atlanta in early August (2 IP, 6 ER), and the Fish have won just one time in his four assignments at Marlins Park since he donned a Miami jersey.
There's a good chance that Brian McCann will catch Maholm tonight after the backstop missed the past few games with a bum hammy. Adding another left-handed bat to the lineup can only be a good thing for the Braves against Eovaldi, and my play will be on Atlanta to continue its recent ways.
My pick: Braves -135 ---
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