Orioles and Braves meet to determine series winner

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Atlanta Braves (61-43, first in the NL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (51-54, fourth in the AL East)

Baltimore; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Reynaldo Lopez (4-3, 3.95 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Orioles: Shane Baz (4-9, 4.05 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 105 strikeouts)

LINE: Orioles -112, Braves -110; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.

Baltimore has a 29-26 record at home and a 51-54 record overall. Orioles hitters have a collective .322 on-base percentage, the 10th-best percentage in the majors.

Atlanta has a 29-23 record in road games and a 61-43 record overall. The Braves have the seventh-best team ERA in baseball at 3.69.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Taylor Ward leads the Orioles with a .251 batting average, and has 20 doubles, seven home runs, 81 walks and 27 RBIs. Dylan Beavers is 11 for 31 with four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Michael Harris II has 21 doubles, 19 home runs and 61 RBIs for the Braves. Drake Baldwin is 16 for 39 with five home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 7-3, .240 batting average, 2.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

Braves: 7-3, .278 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Orioles: Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Bassitt: 60-Day IL (back), Blaze Alexander: 10-Day IL (hand), Samuel Basallo: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Adley Rutschman: 10-Day IL (wrist), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)

Braves: Ronald Acuna Jr.: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (finger), Robert Suarez: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (finger), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Spencer Strider: 60-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)

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