The Atlanta Braves are looking for their sixth straight win as the face off against the third best offense in MLB tonight. The Nationals are currently tied for second place in the NL East with the Marlins. Most people would have probably laughed at someone predicting the top three teams in the NL East being the Braves, Nats, and Marlins this far in to the season, but here we are.

Bryce Elder looks like a new pitcher this season, both with his on the field results and his underlying metrics. He may be the key to the success of this game because the Nats are scoring runs like crazy, but are also giving up runs like crazy with the second worst ERA in MLB. This game could come down to the pitching as this could be a shootout just looking at the teams on paper.

Follow along in the comments. First pitch is at 6:45 EDT.