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Braves Determine Spencer Strider's Next Rehab Start
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Braves Determine Spencer Strider's Next Rehab Start

Atlanta Braves On SI·Harrison Smajovits·about 1 month ago
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The Atlanta Braves will have Spencer Strider back on the bump in Gwinnett. As expected, he’ll have the ball to start on Sunday. This will be his third rehab start and his second in Triple-A.  The Stripers are set to finish their series with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on Sunday. Strider will have led things off and then capped the series off.  On Tuesday, he pitched 4 1/3 innings and built himself up to 65 pitches, 15 more than he threw on Thursday when he took the mound for High-A Rome. It can be presumed that he’ll have Sean Murphy behind the dish again for his start. He’s still working his way up to catching a full nine innings “Definitely a luxury for this,” Strider said on Tuesday. “As well as he knows me, as many times as he’s caught me, certainly capable of saying, Hey, let’s just get deep into the game. I just kind of let him worry about that, and I’ll execute from there.”  He allowed one hit and one walk, while tallying eight punch-outs against Jacksonville.…

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