Ozzie Albies leads off and Marcell Ozuna bats second at Dodgers

Harris, Baldwin, and Kelenic are not in the lineup, and Fairchild makes his debut.

The Atlanta Braves and their struggling offense will be taking on two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in hopes of breaking a terrible streak of only two runs in the last forty innings.

The offense currently ranks dead last in wRC+, slugging percentage, average, and OBP. However, they have had the worst luck in the BABIP arena and fifth in barrel percentage and third in walk rate. There are signs of terrible luck that could be turned around.

Matt Olson has seen Blake Snell the most with fourteen at-bats. No other member of the Braves has more than seven times. Olson has struggled to a .143 average and .508 OPS. Marcell Ozuna has had the best results against Snell with one HR, .333 average, and 1.500 OPS in six at-bats. Orlando Arcia also has a HR against Snell with a 1.400 OPS in four at-bats. No other hitter for the Braves has an OPS higher than Olson’s .508. Not exactly a good sign, but we have seen crazy things in the great sport of baseball.

The Braves are sporting a new look lineup with against the lefty Snell. Drake Baldwin, Michael Harris get the night off, and since it is a lefty is likely why Kelenic is also getting a breather.

Stuart Fairchild is making his Braves debut and starting in RF. Ozzie Albies is leading off (which makes sense given Snell is a lefty), with Marcell Ozuna moving to second in the order with Austin Riley shifting down to third. Nick Allen will get another start tonight.

No Dodger has seen Bryce Elder more than eight at-bats. The core lineup has raked against Elder in their limited sample sizes. Freddie Freeman has a .929 OPS, Mookie Betts has a 1.158, and Shohei Ohtani has a 2.334.

First pitch is at 8:38 EDT.