The Atlanta Braves are starting to feel the heat from the Washington Nationals with only a 4.5 game lead over them for the NL East top spot. Atlanta fell to the Nats yesterday, 6-3, in the first game of a 3-game set. They need to bounce back today and they will. Julio Teherán will be on the hill for the Braves. In 118.1 innings of work, he is 5-7 with a 3.42 ERA. The Braves are 4-1 in Teherán’s last 5 road starts and they are 5-2 in his last 7 turns against the Nationals. Washington’s ace, Max Scherzer, is on the IL so they have reached down to AA-Harrisburg and recalled Erick Fedde. Fedde’s numbers are respectable, at 1-1 with a 3.40 ERA in 50.1 innings of work, but the Braves bats will be too much for the young right-hander. Atlanta gets it done.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ATLANTA BRAVES