Drake Baldwin gets the start at catcher for the Braves

Sean Murphy will have the night off and Baldwin will bat seventh.

The Atlanta Braves are facing the Cincinnati Reds as they look to reach a .500 record for the first time this season.

The Reds have had a solid rotation this season. Their rotation has had the eighth best rotation in MLB in terms of fWAR, and eleventh best ERA. A lot of credit for the solid numbers in the rotation can be attributed to Hunter Greene, the starter for the game this evening.

The Braves have slowed way down on offense in the past week. The Braves have had the third worst average in MLB, third worst OBP, eighth worst slugging, fifth worst wRC+, and second fewest runs scored. Context matters and they have faced good pitching staffs over the past week, but the bats going cold is never fun to see.

The Braves as a whole have not seen Hunter Greene much. Eddie Rosario has eleven at-bats against him, but he is no longer a starter in his career and has struggled to a .273 OPS against Greene. Of the regular starters, there have been a few that have had success in limited capacities. Albies has a .933 in three at-bats against Greene, Murphy has a 1.000 OPS in four at-bats, Olson has a .958 OPS in eight at-bats, and Riley has an .889 OPS in nine at-bats.

Ozuna has struggled to .417 OPS in six at-bats against Greene, and Verdugo has also had some trouble with a .600 OPS in five at-bats.

Drake Baldwin will be getting the start at catcher today batting seventh. He has never faced Hunter Greene.

The Reds have not had many at-bats against Grant Holmes as a whole. No player has faced him in more than four at-bats.

Hinds will replace Dunn in RF and bat ninth, Stephenson will be catching instead of DHing batting seventh, and Steer will be at first base batting sixth.

Lux, who is playing DH, has never faced Holmes.

First pitch is at 7:15 EDT at Truist Park.