The San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves will wrap up their 3-game set this afternoon at Petco Park. The Padres and Braves split the first two games of the series. If San Diego wants to go into the break on a winning note, they had better bring their A-game to the field today because Atlanta will have Chris Sale on the hill. The Condor is back to his 2018 form with a record of 12-3, a 2.74 ERA, and a nasty WHIP of only 0.94. The Friars are expected to counter with Randy Vásquez, who is 2-4 with an ERA of 4.66 and a 1.60 WHIP, and in his career against the Braves, he is 0-2 with a 4.82 ERA. These teams are similar in many ways, but the difference maker today will be the southpaw, Sale, who has never lost in his career to San Diego. Chris Sale last faced the Padres on May 20th, pitching 7 shutout innings and the Braves went on to a 3-0 win.
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