Braves Seek Seventh Straight Win as Elder Draws Pérez

Overview

• The Braves hosted the Marlins on Wednesday with right-hander Bryce Elder scheduled to start for Atlanta and Eury Pérez for Miami as Atlanta aimed to extend a six- or seven-game winning streak to a season high.
• Atlanta activated shortstop Ha-Seong Kim and catcher Sean Murphy on Tuesday but neither player started in the series opener.
• The win on Tuesday kept the Braves 7.5 games up in the NL East and continued a season series edge over Miami that stands at 6-2.
• Pérez arrives having allowed three or fewer runs in nine straight starts and has worked a career-high total of innings this year, marking him as a young rotation building block for the Marlins.
• Elder is the Braves’ innings leader but recent analytics flag weak strikeout-to-walk numbers and an unusually low batting-average-on-balls-in-play, while both clubs carry multiple players on 15- and 60-day injured lists that affect depth.