A rainout Saturday afternoon ensures the Atlanta Braves won't face Max Scherzer during their long weekend in New York against the Mets.
Weather permitting, Strider will take the mound Sunday afternoon, when the visiting Braves will look to continue what has been reduced to a three-game series with the division rival Mets.
With a steady rain falling and expected to last well into the evening hours, Saturday's game was postponed about four hours before first pitch. The game will be made up as part of a split-admission doubleheader on Aug. 12, the middle day of the Braves' final visit to New York. Before that, though, the slumping Mets are going to get their first glimpse this season at the red-hot Strider, who earned the win on Monday night by allowing just two hits and striking out 13 over eight innings as the Braves routed the Miami Marlins 11-0.
"It's very special," Braves manager Brian Snitker said Monday of Strider. "You don't see that talent come around, because it's different."
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