Braves Aim to Prevent Sweep by Rays Amid Pitching Concerns

Atlanta Braves Game Information Martin Perez gets the start after an awful showing against the Phillies last weekend Sep 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC Nature is healing, as they say. For two very distinct reasons. Reason 1: The Braves, having sauntered to a pretty lofty record despite mediocre production, have been absolutely ravaged by some combination of baseball’s luck dragons and/or the Tampa Bay Rays’ sublime-in-this-series defensive positioning. Seriously: First game: the Braves actually out-xwOBAed the Rays, .334 to .326, but managed just a .156 wOBA while the Rays managed a .426 wOBA. That was the Braves’ biggest xwOBA underperformance…