Atlanta at Washington

Slumping Atlanta has a losing road record, and the Braves have dropped 12 of their past 18 games. Atlanta is 18-39 on the road against a team with a winning home record, including a pair of losses here in Washington the last two games, 9-2 and 8-6. They face a surging Washington squad that has won nine of 11. This is the sixth straight home game for Washington.  The Nationals have strong righty Jordan Zimmermann on the hill off wins allowing four earned runs in 14 innings. He has a 1.86 ERA at home and just beat these Braves 10 days ago, 13-4. Alex Wood (1-2, 4.32 ERA) goes for Atlanta with the team losing his last five starts, 2-8 his last 10 road starts. Washington is also 56-23 at home against a team with a losing record. The Nationals have scored 47 runs in five games against Atlanta this season, and the Braves are 1-6 in this park. Play Washington.