#Phillies vs. Braves prediction: Aaron Nola will beat Atlanta

Soul searching. Teams have collapsed on Stitches all week and readers have compared my performance to that of Mayor de Blasio. Ahh, the difference is I take full responsibility … and of course I don’t have a family member on the payroll siphoning millions of taxpayer dollars. … Special thank you to Steve Bannon for helping us to feel a lot better about ourselves.

“This can’t be another woulda, coulda, shoulda selection.” Relax, Hillary. Aces up in Hotlanta on Friday night. The Phillies’ Aaron Nola (2-1, 2.05 ERA) against the Braves’ Max Fried (3-0, 1.24 ERA). Nola has given up two runs over his past 21 innings with a strikeout/walk ratio of 30/3. Won, two-hitting Atlanta on Aug. 10. Fried hasn’t allowed a run in his past 11 ¹/₃ frames and he shut out Philly on Aug. 9. Phillies played two in Toronto, I mean Buffalo, on Thursday. Braves haven’t played since Tuesday, but we will back Philly for 20 units.

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Stage was set for another gut-wrenching collapse. Astros up 10-3, held on to top the Rockies 10-8. Thank you, German Marquez (10 runs over 5 innings). Abraham Toro with a homer for the ’stros. Much-needed W takes us to -510 cedenos.