The 42-year-old Verlander (1-8) had been winless in his first 16 starts, the longest stretch by a Giants pitcher in a single season in franchise history. The three-time Cy Young winner, who finalized a $15 million, one-year deal with San Francisco in January, allowed one hit in five scoreless innings and overcame five walks.

The Giants (+148 underdog on the moneyline to win) are away versus the Braves (-178). The Atlanta Braves will give the start to Spencer Strider (4-7, 3.59 ERA), who is looking for win No. 5 on the season, and the Giants will turn to Justin Verlander (0-8, 5.11 ERA).

Rafael Devers only needed one hand on the bat to hit a home run against the Braves on Wednesday, lifting a pitch well below the zone over the right field wall.

Strider said the #Braves ' performance has been "embarassing" and made sure to note that especially includes his own. Said players have talked for two months about how they knew they might be saying goodbye to some friends before the trade deadline if the team didn't play better.

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Atlanta has a 26-25 record at home and a 44-56 record overall. The Braves have the 10th-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .389.

MLB.com's Mark Bowman provided an update on the potential Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna heads to the NL West at the MLB trade deadline.

Rafael Devers is in the lineup at first base for the first time as the San Francisco Giants take on the Atlanta Braves.

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