On Monday night, the Braves secured a 4-1 victory over the Giants to give Atlanta a season-high 5 game lead in the National League East thanks in part to the weather not cooperating in Philly. This is cause for celebration and Braves fans should be excited as the team controls their own destiny in the final weeks of the season.
We have long looked at the final month of this season as supremely important not only because the division race was always going to be reasonably close, but also because of the number of games the Braves have against their closest competitor, the Philadelphia Phillies.