Charlie Morton

Morton made it through the first time in the order without a blemish. Then, the Mets teed off the next time around with four extra-base hits including a grand slam from J.D Martinez and homers from Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez. His fastball didn't miss a bat and its effectiveness has waned dramatically with a .545 slugging percentage against before this most recent debacle.

Gibson drew the starting assignment for the opening contest of Saturday's twin bill at Truist Park and traded zeroes with Braves counterpart Charlie Morton into the middle innings as both teams kicked off the second half with a low-scoring pitcher's duel. The -year-old journeyman carried a shutout into the seventh inning, but was ultimately charged with a run following his exit when lefty reliever Ryan Fernandez served up a game-tying two-run homer to Eddie Rosario. He finished with six strikeouts and only issued a pair of walks. He'll bring a respectable 3.99 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 102/43 K/BB ratio across 108 1/3 innings (19 starts) into a home outing on Friday against the Nationals.

Morton took the ball for the opening contest of Saturday's doubleheader at Truist Park and managed to put zeroes on the scoreboard until the sixth inning when Alec Burleson came through with a tie-breaking single to right field following a leadoff triple from rookie Masyn Winn. He notched four strikeouts and only handed out one free pass. The 40-year-old ageless veteran will carry a 3.65 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 101/39 K/BB ratio across 103 1/3 innings (18 starts) into a road matchup against the Mets on Thursday.

Marte took Charlie Morton deep for a solo homer in the third inning, then knocked a base hit in the eighth before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Geraldo Perdomo. The 30-year-old second baseman is up to 18 homers while slashing .283/.351/.506 with 62 runs scored, 52 RBI, and four steals across 393 plate appearances.

Suarez took Charlie Morton deep for a two-run blast in the second inning to put the Diamondbacks on the board. He added a double in the seventh to drive in a third run and scored on a single by Jose Herrera. The 32-year-old third baseman is hitting .208/.293/.345 with eight homers and 43 RBI across 351 plate appearances.