After dropping two straight games to a fourth-place team (albeit a hot fourth-place team), the Braves will now start a road trip that figures to be as crucial as a late-July road trip could possibly be. Atlanta will be visiting the two teams closest to them in the standings over the next six days and things will start with a three game series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
As far as extremely recent history goes, the Phillies might be going into this series looking to prove something. They played six games at SunTrust Park and the Braves came out the winner in four of those games — including ending each series with an offensive explosion.