UPDATED LINEUP: Michael Harris II scratched with right foot contusion.

To paraphrase our friends over at the University of Georgia, "Them Braves is hell".

Just when the Giants thought they'd finally gotten over the hump and gotten one over on the Braves, with your ace set-up man on the mound and your closer waiting in the pen... The Braves do the dang thing.

Eddie Rosario's 8th inning bomb carried Atlanta to a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night to make Atlanta the first team to 80 wins in the MLB season. Atlanta leads all of baseball with 12 victories after trailing in the 8th inning or later.

Now they're aiming for a series sweep. If Atlanta can take today's game, it'd be their 13th sweep of the season. The MLB record, if you were curious, is 19, achieved three times (1986 Mets, 1977 Royals, 1997 Braves).

Lineup for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, August 20th

Here's how the Braves will line up for today's contest:

Max on the mound!#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/VxmuNXscbR
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) August 20, 2023

As is their pattern for a day game after a night game, Atlanta makes a switch behind the dish, with Sean Murphy starting game three and batting 7th. Nicky Lopez continues his streak of starts in place of an injured Ozzie Albies, batting 9th and playing 2nd base.

UPDATE: Michael Harris II is getting the day off with foot soreness, stemming from a foul ball he took off the foot last night. Kevin Pillar is playing center field in his place, and the new lineup looks like this:

OF Michael Harris II was scratched from today’s lineup with a right foot contusion. pic.twitter.com/Py0FBjtgDc
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) August 20, 2023

Pitching Matchup for the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants on Sunday, August 20th

Starting for Atlanta is ace Max Fried. 4-1 with a 2.57 ERA in his eight starts this season, Max has 39 strikeouts in his 41 innings pitched. Fried's coming off a strong bounce-back game in his third start off the IL versus the Yankees. Like his first start since returning, he went six innings, this time allowing eight hits and a walk but minimizing the damage to two runs in the win. The Braves have won all three of his starts since his return, and they’ll look to keep that trend going in the series finale.

The San Francisco Giants are using Jakob Junis to open yet another bullpen game. They threw three different openers in their series with the Rays, with Junis giving them three-plus innings in a game two shutout of Tampa Bay. He's 3-3 with a 4.10 ERA in his 32 appearances this season. Expect lefty Sean Manaea to get some bulk innings, as well - he hasn't thrown since that game two against Tampa, where he used 57 pitches for 3.1 innings of one hit, scoreless baseball.

How to Watch the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants on Sunday, August 20th

Sunday's getaway day finale is scheduled for a 1:35 PM ET first pitch. The game broadcast is available locally on Bally Sports Southeast and on MLB.tv outside of Braves Country. The radio call is available in the Atlanta Metro area on 680 The Fan, regionally on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network, and nationally on MLB.tv.

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