Season series: First meeting; Braves won 3-1 last season
Atlanta has won 3 of its last 4 games after taking down the Washington Nationals 5-2 Thursday as a -194 home favorite. RP AJ Smith-Shawver allowed just 2 hits over 6 innings in the win.
Boston was swept in 3 games at the Detroit Tigers, wrapping up the set with a 6-5 loss Wednesday as a +212 underdog. 3B Alex Bregman hit his 11th homer of the season in the finale, but Tigers OF Justyn-Henry Malloy walked off the Red Sox with a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning.