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Atlanta (80-43), which owns baseball's best record and an 18 1/2-game lead atop the National League East, has won 13 of its last 19 contests overall and 10 of its past 13 on the road.
The Braves are coming off a dramatic victory in the final game of a six-game homestand on Monday. They earned a split of their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies with a 7-6 victory as Chipper Jones and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive homers in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Jones is batting .411 (23-for-56) with six home runs and 16 RBI in August.

Damian Moss (7-4, 3.26 ERA), who does not have a decision in his last four starts, gets the baseball for Atlanta. Despite going without a decision in August, Moss has won his last three decisions and five of his past seven. He allowed three runs and four hits over eight innings Thursday, when Atlanta's game with the San Francisco Giants ended in a 3-3 tie due to rain.

The Padres have lost 14 of their last 23 contests.

Tomko is "0-2 with a 7.01" ERA lifetime against Atlanta.

Brett Tomko, who pitched well in his last start vs the sh%ty
Mets, but prior to that, had an ERA of 8.10, in his previous four starts. With the Padres owning a better record than only the Brewers, in the NL.

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The Braves won two of three games from the Padres from May 10-12.