Dateline: Cincinnati
Nick Lodolo has the Hurculean task of shutting down the team with the best record in baseball, the Atlanta Braves on Sunday (053126).
Spencer Strider will simultaneously try to bring the Reds down to the .500 mark.
Lodolo, who didi not start the season in the rotation with a blister, is making his fifth start with a 1-1 record and an elevated ERA at 5.57. Based on his last start, however, Lodolo appears to be on the right track. He pitched six innings, allowing a run on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
He has one career start against Atlanta, in which he pitched six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with no walks and seven strikeouts. It came in an 11-inning loss to the Braves on May 8 last season.
Strider is 3-0 with a 3.46 ERA in five starts. The Braves fourth round choice in the 2020 draft out of Clemson University, Has walked 15 batters in 26 innings and struck out 32. His 5.2 walks-per-game is the highest in his career.
He allowed three runs on three hits and three walks in his last start against the Boston Red Sox. He gave up home runs to Jarren Duran and Cedanne Rafaela.
Strider has three career appearances, including two starts against the Reds, lifetime. He is 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA against the Reds. He last faced the Reds in a start on April 12, 2023. He pitched five innings, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks. He struck out nine.
The Reds lineup:
Blake Dunn CF
Elly De La Cruz SS
JJ Bleday LF
Sal Stewart 3B
Eugenio Suarez DH
Nathaniel Lowe 1B
Spencer Steer 2B
Will Benson RF
P.J. Higgins C
The Braves face Lodolo with this lineup:
Ronald Acuna Jr. RF
Michael Harris II CF
Matt Olson 1B
Ozzie Albies 2B
Mauricio Dubon LF
Austin Riley 3B
Jorge Mateo DH
Ha-Seong Kim SS
Chadwick Tromp C
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