The Braves need to continue to apply pressure to the Mets with a win tonight.
The Braves took care of business behind a strong complete game shutout outing from Bryce Elder and an explosive eight run offensive performance. The division deficit now sits at 1.0 games now that the Braves and Mets have played the same number of games.
The Braves will need to continue to take care of business against the exceedingly beatable Nationals as they have a low margin for error to win the division. They have Kyle Muller taking the mound, which is a high variance proposition in a game of high variance.