Braves vs. Cubs Total Free Pick

There was one slightly sour note in this one; Bryant got hit his second time up, after the Cubs had hit three total home runs. “They’re homers, that’s the way the ballpark plays”.

The over is 5-1 in the last six meetings between these two teams in Chicago and has hit in two of the first three games of this series (including in yesterday’s 9-7 win for the Cubs).

Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell, left, celebrates with Dexter Fowler after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, August 22, 2015, in Chicago.

She was carried off on a stretcher and taken to a hospital Sunday after being hit by a foul line drive from Cubs rookie Kyle Schwarber. “It’s been a lot of lefties, the ones hitting home runs off me”.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book GT Bets, the Cubs are -196 money line favorites over the Braves, who have odds of +176 to win today’s game.

The Braves added a run in the seventh off Clayton Richard (another RBI single by Swisher) to close out the scoring.

The Braves are 20-49 in games where they allow one or more home runs.

Matt Wisler’s campaign for the day early by the Cubs in the 3rd, which is puzzling because why would you take him off the mound after the Cubs are already up by 7 runs? Far from it. They battled back with a five-run inning in the fifth for a 7-3 lead, their first five-run inning since June 9.

Jackson (L: 2-2, 3.19) served up the late long balls to take the loss in his return to Wrigley Field.

Braves center fielder Cameron Maybin said, “I get where they were coming from on the replay, but from where I was standing it looked like it had a legitimate chance to maybe hit off the front or go under that (basket)”. San Francisco now trails Chicago by 5 ½ games. 500 and is 13-3 in its last 16 games. Montero then doubled in Bryant to make it a one-run game. Both Williams and Soto were named National League Rookie of the Year.

“He gives you good at-bats from both sides of the plate, gives you good energy”, manager Fredi Gonzalez said.

Former Cub play-by-play man, Skip Caray, was shown standing with a big smile on his face while his grandfather, Harry, did his thing on the video board in left field.

Braves: Julio Teheran (8-6) is scheduled to start against the Rockies on Monday. Not only did he accomplish something that hasn’t happened in five years, but he’s turned in 12 consecutive quality starts and is two away from tying Greg Maddox who reached 14 as a member of the Cubs in 1992. Wisler went 5.0 innings, surrendering two runs, striking out two and walking two in a 9-0 defeat to the Padres in his last outing.