Michael Alexander

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The Padres will send rookie MacKenzie Gore (2-1, 2.17 ERA) to the mound this afternoon against Alex Wood (3-2, 3.93) in a match of left-handers. Gore, 23, the Padres' first-round pick in the 2017 draft, will face the Giants for the first time. He is coming off his first relief appearance in the majors in a piggyback role to Mike Clevinger last Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Wood will make his eighth start of the season and his second against the Padres. Wood is 4-2 lifetime against the Padres with a 2.93 ERA in 17 appearances (11 starts). He has given the Padres 25 runs (23 earned) on 61 hits and 19 walks with 75 strikeouts in 70 2/3 innings.

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Atlanta will turn to Ian Anderson (3-2, 3.75 ERA) as the starter today. Anderson is 1-2 with a 4.15 ERA in six career starts vs. Miami. He has struggled to contain Chisholm (5-for-13), Jesus Aguilar (4-for-11) and Jesus Sanchez (5-for-6). Right-hander Sandy Alcantara (3-2, 2.49) will take the mound for Miami today. He turned in a dominant performance against the Washington Nationals last Monday, allowing one run on three hits over eight innings of an 8-2 victory. Alcantara, 26, lost his first two starts this month but has allowed a total of two runs and five hits over his last two outings covering 15 innings. Alcantara is 2-1 with a 2.20 ERA in seven career starts against the Braves.

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The Diamondbacks will try to complete the historic sweep against Chicago left-hander Wade Miley (1-0, 2.70 ERA). The 35-year-old allowed three runs, five hits and walked five in his Chicago debut at San Diego on May 10. But he rebounded by tossing seven innings of one-hit ball, while striking out six without a walk, during Monday's 9-0 home win over Pittsburgh. Miley pitched his first four major league seasons (2011-14) in Arizona and won a career-high 16 games in 2012. However, since leaving the Diamondbacks, Miley has faced his former team once -- with Baltimore on Sept. 24, 2016, when he allowed one run, seven hits and struck out 11 over 8 2/3 innings.

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The Dodgers will send Tony Gonsolin (4-0, 1.64 ERA) to the mound. Gonsolin is 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in one career start in 2021 against the Phillies. Zach Eflin (1-3, 3.90 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Phillies. Eflin gave up five hits and one run in six strong innings in his last start against San Diego. Eflin has struggled in six career starts against the Dodgers, going 0-3 with an 8.78 ERA.

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This will be the rubber game of the series. The Rays have won seven of their last nine series. Right-hander Corey Kluber (1-2, 4.29 ERA) will start for the Rays in the series finale. Tampa Bay has scored just five total runs in support of Kluber's last three starts. Against the Orioles, Kluber holds a 5-1 record and 2.94 ERA in 11 career starts. Spenser Watkins (0-1, 5.10 ERA) goes to the mound for the Orioles. The right-hander went 1-3 in four starts last season vs. the Rays, though he hasn't won a game since beating Tampa Bay on July 19. Tampa Bay has won 28 of its last 31 meetings with the Orioles, including four of five this season.