ANALYSIS: The Braves have an easier schedule in game two, after playing at 5pm local time on Monday, just hours after the Sunday night game in Atlanta finished. JP Sears has been improving over his last few starts, but faces a Braves lineup that is ranked #1 in OPS vs LHP in May, with an eye popping 1.092 OPS, .358 avg and 18 HR. Sears has allowed five HR's in his last four starts, and four HR's at home this year. Bryce Elder has five straight starts of two or less runs allowed, with three quality starts in there. He consistently gets into the 6th inning and should do so again vs the A's.

ANALYSIS: Boston has lost three straight and tries to avoid a sweep in LA. James Paxton went six innings in his second start and pitched well in the minors leading up to his debut, so he is on a bit of a roll. After scoring just one run over the first two games, Tyler Anderson should be a welcome sight for the Red Sox. Expected stats say the lefty's 5+ ERA is for real and this lineup has been better vs lefties, especially of late. Boston hitters faced left handers for only 1.1 innings this series, scoring one run with two hits and a walk. Add motivation to salvage the final game, I'll back the Red Sox.

ANALYSIS: Nate Eovaldi has been a stud for the Texas Rangers, firing six straight quality starts up to this point. He faces a Pirates offense that has struggled vs RHP for a while, with a .643 OPS over the last month (29th in MLB). The Rangers have also crushed left handed pitching, with a .949 OPS over the last month (3rd in MLB) and they get to feast on Rich Hill today. He's allowing an excess of hard contact and has one of the lowest ground ball rates in MLB, which should pose a problem with the positive hitting boost in Pittsburgh today. I'm backing the Rangers to do damage here.

ANALYSIS: Zac Gallen's first two starts came on the road, where he allowed nine earned runs in 10.2 innings to the Dodgers and Padres. His road stats are skewed because of those games, as he's started two games on the road since, giving up only three runs in 11.2 innings with 13 K's. On the road again vs a Pirates lineup that has struggled for almost a month now, Gallen should take advantage of Pittsburgh's MLB-worst .595 OPS and 29% K rate vs RHP in that time. On the other side, Johan Oviedo probably sees six or more lefties tonight (worse side of his split), from an Arizona lineup that has a MLB-best .880 OPS vs RHP over the last few weeks.

ANALYSIS: The Yankees face off with Ben Lively and the Reds bullpen, after taking three of four from Toronto. The New York offense finally looks to be moving in the right direction and they get Lively today, who had an ERA of 4.09 in AAA last year. He also has 16 strikeouts and 10 walks through 27 innings at AAA this year, which is significantly higher than his K/BB rate in recent seasons. This could prove to be an issue, as the Yankees are walking better than 10% of the time over the last couple weeks vs RHP while also producing runs. Clark Schmidt should be serviceable and the bullpen, while heavily worked in Toronto, has been one of the best in baseball.