Braves host the Tigers on home winning streak

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Detroit Tigers (15-16, second in the AL Central) vs. Atlanta Braves (22-9, first in the NL East)

Atlanta; Thursday, 12:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Framber Valdez (2-1, 3.41 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 24 strikeouts); Braves: Bryce Elder (3-1, 1.95 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 31 strikeouts)

LINE: Braves -122, Tigers +102; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves, on a three-game home winning streak, host the Detroit Tigers.

Atlanta has a 22-9 record overall and a 12-5 record at home. The Braves have the top team ERA in baseball at 3.09.

Detroit is 5-14 on the road and 15-16 overall. Tigers hitters are batting a collective .248, the 10th-best team batting average in MLB play.

Thursday's game is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Olson has 13 doubles and nine home runs for the Braves. Ozzie Albies is 15 for 38 with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Gleyber Torres has two doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs for the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson is 9 for 33 with three doubles and five home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 8-2, .262 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

Tigers: 4-6, .265 batting average, 5.49 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Braves: Dylan Dodd: 15-Day IL (back), Raisel Iglesias: 15-Day IL (shoulder), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (finger), Spencer Strider: 15-Day IL (oblique), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Sean Murphy: 10-Day IL (hip), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee), Hurston Waldrep: 15-Day IL (elbow)

Tigers: Javier Baez: 10-Day IL (ankle), Casey Mize: 15-Day IL (groin), Zach McKinstry: 10-Day IL (hip/abdominal), Justin Verlander: 15-Day IL (hip), Connor Seabold: 15-Day IL (ankle), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Troy Melton: 60-Day IL (elbow), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (groin)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.