Friday, May 30, 7:10 PM on FSSO, FSFL

Marlins Park, Miami, Florida

Atlanta Braves - Teheran, J (4-3) vs. Miami Marlins - Koehler, T (4-4)

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Friday night, Julio Teheran and the Atlanta Braves will take on Tom Koehler and the Miami Marlins.  Teheran will be making his 12th start as Koehler makes his 11th.

Julio Teheran picked up his 2nd straight win in his last start and that took his record to 4 – 3 with a 1.77 ERA.  In his last outing, Teheran pitched 6 scoreless innings and only surrendered 4 hits while walking a batter and striking out 7.  It was the 2nd straight start (and the 4th overall this season) that Teheran didn’t allow a run in.  Teheran is on track to equal or better last season’s results when he went 14 – 8 with an ERA of 3.20 in 30 starts.

In 2013, Teheran went 3 – 0 with an ERA of 2.84 in 4 starts against the Marlins.  This season, Teheran pitched to a no-decision against Miami after allowing run on 5 hits in 7 innings of work.

Tom Koehler’s record dropped to 4 – 4 with an ERA of 3.10 after he took the loss in his last outing.  In that start, Koehler surrendered 7 runs on 9 hits (including 2 home runs) in just 5 innings.  He didn’t issue any walks while striking out 3.  In 2013, Koehler went 5 – 10 with an ERA of 4.41 in 23 starts and 6 relief appearances.

Last season, Koehler went 0 – 1 with an ERA of 5.40 in 2 starts against the Braves.   This season, Koehler pitched to a no-decision against Atlanta after allowing 2 runs on 5 hits (including a home run) in 6.1 innings of work.          

Atlanta Braves Betting Trends

Atlanta Braves are 20-29-2 against the Over/Under

Run Differential for Atlanta Braves is 0.2

Miami Marlins Betting Trends

Miami Marlins are 30-17-5 against the Over/Under

Run differential for Miami Marlins is 0.4

Injuries to Watch

Atlanta Braves

05/28/14 C Evan Gattis Wrist questionable
05/27/14 SS Andrelton Simmons Ankle questionable
05/10/14 P Jordan Walden Hamstring 15-day DL (5/5)
03/29/14 P Brandon Beachy Elbow 60-day DL (3/21), out for season
03/29/14 P Cory Gearrin Elbow 60-day DL (3/26)
03/28/14 P Kris Medlen Elbow 60-day DL (3/21), out for season
03/28/14 P Jonny Venters Elbow 60-day DL (3/21)

Miami Marlins

05/28/14 P Carter Capps Elbow 15-day DL (5/26)
05/24/14 P Brad Hand Ankle 15-day DL (5/24)
05/13/14 P Jose Fernandez Elbow 15-day DL (5/10), out for season
03/28/14 2B Rafael Furcal Hamstring 60-day DL (3/21)

Guy's Pick: Take Atlanta

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