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Another day, another lineup that starts Adam Duvall against a righty, and puts Chadwick Tromp into a day game after a… later… day… game.

One thing to note here is that Michael Harris II drops to the eighth spot in the lineup. He was previously hitting seventh ahead of Orlando Arcia against the other five lefty starts the Braves have faced so far, but now creates an opportunity for three righties in a row to get their hacks in against Jesus Luzardo.

Here’s the history between Luzardo and this stalwart array of hitters:

It’s not exactly a prodigious sample for anyone, so nothing to say, really.

Meanwhile, the Marlins will force Charlie Morton to face lefties (or switch hitters) in six of their nine spots.

Morton will really need to get his stuff to retire Jake Burger (third), Bryan de la Cruz (fifth), and Nick Fortes (ninth). The bottom of the lineup could pose a problem if he’s unable to make much headaway against lefty batters, because even if he gets past Fortes, it then just loops around to Luis Arraez and Josh Bell with men on.

On the plus side, at least Jesus Sanchez hasn’t hit Morton particularly well in the past, though we are talking just 17 PAs.

First pitch is at 1:40 pm ET.