The Braves' issues on offense are looking like they are acute, at least minus Ronald Acuna; scoring a mere seven runs combined across the just-completed four-game midweek set at Truist Park vs. the visiting Nats suggests as much pending further notice. All indicators thus point to "under" tonight vs. the visiting A's, who don't score much themselves and were looking and another "under" yesterday before closer Mason Miller suffered a rare letdown and let the Rays' Jose Siri send the game into extra innings with a tying homer with 2 outs in the ninth. Note Reynaldo Lopez (1.75 ERA) has been giving Atlanta a good five or so innings in most starts. Play A's-Braves "Under"

The Braves have been struggling to overcome the loss of Ronald Acuna, but they have a great shot of winning today with Reynaldo Lopez on the mound. Lopez's originally scheduled start was pushed back a day to allow him extra rest, and he should be effective against an A's offense that is fourth worst in runs scored and has been abysmal on the road (82 OPS+). Throwing out yesterday's matchup with an opener, the A's have allowed nine of the last 10 opposing righty starters to record more than 15.5 outs, and Lopez has done so in six of his nine starts. I expect him back to a standard 85-90 pitch workload and getting into the sixth today.

JP Sears is an underrated pitcher and he will face an overrated lineup in the Braves who were struggling at the plate before losing the reigning NL MVP in Ronald Acuna. The Braves are 21st in OPS in the month of May. Meanwhile Sears has gone at least 5.1 in 7 of his last 10 appearances.