Pittsburgh at Atlanta

Atlanta is glad to be back home where it is 24-13 following a road trip in which it lost four of seven. Charlie Morton has been alternating good and bad performances and so he is due for a good one after allowing five runs in 5 2/3 innings against the New York Yankees on Saturday. The Braves are 10-2 in Morton's past 12 Friday starts and Pittsburgh has lost four in a row in Martin Perez's past four starts against teams with winning records. Perez has a 4.71 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP and the Pirates have lost seven of his past nine starts. The UNDER is 7-0 in Atlanta's past seven games as a home favorite of -151 to -200 and the Braves are 5-0 UNDER when Morton starts as those odds. Pittsburgh has gone UNDER four straight versus teams that allowed two or fewer runs their previous game. Atlania is 46-30 UNDER in 2024. Take the Braves and the UNDER.