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Charlie Morton vs Aaron Loup Battle Sees New York Fall 3-0

Atlanta's pitching staff did its job for UNDER bettors, holding New York scoreless in a 3-0 victory on Tuesday at Citi Field.

The Braves were a -106 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 7.

Charlie Morton earned the victory for the Braves, throwing 7 innings of work, striking out 11, walking 2, and allowing 1 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 3 RBIs from Dansby Swanson in the win.

New York got a 3-inning outing from Aaron Loup in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 0 walks and 1 hits in his time on the mound, while Jerad Eickhoff had 1 hits in the loss for the Mets.

The battle of the bats favored Atlanta as they had 5 hits, while New York only had 2.

The game was closed out by Will Smith who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 1 hits, 0 walks and fanned 0 batters to earn the save.