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The Braves aim for a sweep against the struggling Phillies in Philadelphia. The Phillies have lost four straight games, while the Braves are predicted to win with odds of +104.
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The Braves will look for a sweep in Philadelphia on Sunday night. The punchless Phillies have lost four straight, scoring a total of seven runs — including a total of one run in back-to-back losses to visiting Atlanta.
The Phillies start promising rookie Andrew Painter, but Atlanta has Grant Holmes, who has had a better April so far, on the mound.
My Braves at Phillies predictions and MLB picks have the Braves completing the sweep on April 19.
The Atlanta Braves are tied for the most runs scored in MLB. And now Austin Riley, who had struggled, is heating up.
Riley has nine hits in his last 26 at-bats (.346), and he is four for 10 with two homers and five RBIs in this series. Fourteen of Riley’s last 20 balls hit into play have been hard hit (over 95 mph exit velocity). Ten have topped 100 mph.
Catcher J.T. Realmuto, one of the few Philadelphia Phillies who’s been hitting, left Saturday’s game with back trouble — the second time this month that’s happened. He’s already been declared unlikely for Sunday’s game.
The odds for the Braves are +104 for the game against the Phillies.
The Phillies are starting rookie Andrew Painter against the Braves.
The Phillies have scored a total of seven runs in their last four games.
The prediction is that the Braves will complete the sweep against the Phillies.

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More than half of the swings against Holmes’ slider this season have missed. He has a 53.3% whiff rate on the pitch. Painter isn’t far behind with a 47.6% whiff rate on his slider.
It’s not the marquee pitching matchup of Saturday’s Chris Sale vs. Cristopher Sanchez, but Andrew Painter against Grant Holmes is underrated. Holmes has leaned harder on his slider and four-seamer this season, throwing those two pitchers 80% of the time. Opponents are hitting .121 against those two pitches.
Painter has yet to allow a home run in three MLB appearances. He’s striking out a quarter of all batters he’s faced, and his hard-hit percentage is in the 92nd percentile among pitchers. He’s even better in Philadelphia with a 1.74 ERA, 0.871 WHIP, and 13.1 strikeouts per 9 in home games.
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The Atlanta Braves have hit the Moneyline in 24 of their last 35 away games (+15.00 Units / 37% ROI). Find more MLB betting trends for Braves vs. Phillies.
| Location | Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA |
| Date | Sunday, April 19, 2026 |
| First pitch | 7:20 p.m. ET |
| TV | Peacock |
| Braves starting pitcher | Grant Holmes (1-1, 3.32 ERA) |
| Phillies starting pitcher | Andrew Painter (1-0, 3.77 ERA) |
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