San Diego at Atlanta

San Diego's offense has scored 28 runs in five games to move up to 11th in the majors in slugging. Last season, the offense was 13th in runs scored and eighth in on-base percentage. Starter Nick Martinez threw 7 innings (6 hits, 5 Ks) in his first start. Last season, Martinez had a 3.47 ERA holding batters to a .239 average. He also had a winning road record with a 3.06 ERA. The Padres are 28-18 after scoring and allowing 6 runs or more in consecutive contests. Atlanta has lost just one game this season but it was started by young Jared Shuster (7.71 ERA), who goes here. He gets another chance as the Braves are still without injured starters Max Fried and Collin McHugh. And MLB home teams like the Braves that had a slugging percentage of .440 or better in the previous year are 21-35 with a slugging percentage of .500 or better over the last three games. Play San Diego.