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Times are a-changin’ as Braves lineup features Camargo fifth, Duvall sixth

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Tyler Flowers and Ender Inciarte round out the bottom half of the order.

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Well, so much for a platoon in the outfield in lieu of the injured Nick Markakis. Here are your lineups for tonight’s Game Two in Philadelphia:

Adam Duvall draws the start in his 2019 MLB debut and will hit sixth, despite an opposing scheduled starter of the right-handed persuasion. Johan Camargo will hit fifth for the fifth time this season and first since May 12. The bottom half of the order is definitely a bit... sparse... for Atlanta in this one, so that’s something to watch and hopefully rejoice at by the conclusion of this game.

The Phillies start Roman Quinn in center in this one, bumping Cesar Hernandez to the bench as Scott Kingery moves to second. Sean Rodriguez takes over in left field. This is also an entirely new lineup and defensive arrangement for the Phillies.

Nearly all of the batters are familiar with their opposing scheduled starters. Adam Haseley and Andrew Knapp (neither starting today) are the only Phillies that haven’t faced Fried; Camargo and Charlie Culberson are the only Braves with no PAs against Eflin. Harper and Kingery have both taken Fried deep; these Braves have hit six total homers off of Eflin so far (Albies, Donaldson, Freeman, Inciarte, Duvall twice). Duvall’s success in six at-bats against Eflin may explain why he’s starting tonight, which... well, you get the idea.

First pitch is at 7:05 pm EDT.