The Atlanta Braves will attempt to climb over .500 for the first time this season on Thursday when they bid for a three-game sweep of their series against the host St. Louis Cardinals.
The Braves posted a 6-1 victory on Tuesday and a 7-4 win obn Wednesday. Those were their first back-to-back victories since a three-game winning streak ran July 7-10.
Atlanta has been in win-one, lose-one mode since the All-Star break. Yet the Braves find themselves within 2 1/2 games of the first-place New York Mets in the National League East.
Jorge Soler has belted homers in back-to-back games and Adam Duvall hit a two-run shot Wednesday.