Atlanta Braves schedule

The Atlanta Braves may have just lost two of three to San Francisco, but that’s just one hiccup on what’s been an otherwise strong run of recent play. The Braves begin a big four-game set in Washington tonight within 3.5 games of the Nationals in the NL East, and holding down the National League’s second wild-card spot by two games over the Dodgers. Atlanta went into the All-Star break by sweeping Philadelphia and came out of by sweeping the Mets, all helping separate themselves in the playoff chase within the competitive NL East. TheSportsNotebook looks at how the 2012 Atlanta Braves are doing it, as they look for redemption from last year’s collapse, and whether this hot streak can sustain itself.