The Houston Astros will go for a sweep of the Atlanta Braves when they wrap up their 3-game set this afternoon at Truist Park. The Astros have outscored the Braves 17-5 over the first two games and are expected to have southpaw Framber Valdez toeing the rubber. Valdez is 12-9 with a 3.42 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. Atlanta is likely to send Joey Wentz to the hill. The lefty is 5-6 with a 5.61 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and was lit up in his last turn against the Seattle Mariners giving up 8 runs on 8 hits over just 2.1 innings of work with Seattle winning, 18-2. Houston is tied with the Mariners for the lead in the AL West and cannot afford to lose to a Braves team that is 65-83 on the season and losers of 6 of their last 7.
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