Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros MLB Pick Prediction 11/2/2021 by Tony T.
Braves at Astros—Max Fried gets the start for Atlanta. The lefthander has been hammered as in his past two starts allowing eleven earned runs in 9 2/3rd innings of work. Team went 0-2 in those games. Dodgers saw Fried the second time in the NLCS and put up fie earned runs in 4 2/3rd innings. Astros put up six earned runs in five innings on Fried in Game 2 of this series. Luis Garcia to start for the Astros. In his past two starts the Garcia allowed one earned run in 9 1/3rd innings. Past five games Houston bullpen an ERA 1.75 and WHIP 0.94 which is outperforming Atlanta. In that period they are batting .293 against lefthanders with the Braves batting .208 against righthanders. Astros putting up 5.8 runs per game in the postseason and have done a good job of hitting lefthanders all season. Play Houston -123.