Nick Martinez takes the mound as AL East-leading Tampa Bay eyes its first postseason berth since 2023, while Martin Perez tries to halt Atlanta's three-game skid.

Looking for a series sweep, Junior Caminero and the Tampa Bay Rays (87-58) take on the Atlanta Braves (85-61) on Thursday at Truist Park, with first pitch scheduled for 12:15 p.m. ET. The article below will give you everything you need to know to watch Atlanta take on Tampa Bay.

“Kim signed his one-year, $20 million deal this winter and then tore a ligament in his right middle finger when he slipped on ice in South Korea a couple of weeks later,” Mark Bowman recalled for MLB.com. “He missed the first six weeks of the season, struggled mightily for two months, then spent July trying to find his swing at the Triple-A level.”

The Tampa Bay Rays’ confidence is soaring after two convincing wins at the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of first-place teams.

Grant Holmes has quietly turned into one of Atlanta's most reliable arms down the stretch

Mauricio Dubon is the Most Important Player onthe Atlanta Braves, and he is underpaid. But that's a worry for another day for the omniscient bosses of a great franchise.

While all six division races are more or less settled, there's a handful of teams with just a couple of games for the third wild card spots, with the Cleveland Guardians, Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers fighting in the AL and Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres in the NL.

Victor Mesa Jr. had two hits, including a home run, Griffin Jax gave up only two hits and one run in five innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 to clinch the series win in the matchup of division leaders.