Surging Braves face slumping Orioles again

The streaking Atlanta Braves will go for their eighth straight win when they visit the sliding Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.

The Orioles have lost 16 straight games, five shy of matching the team record set at the start of the 1988 season.

Atlanta has soared to the top of the National League East by winning 14 of its past 16 games.

The Braves will send left-hander Drew Smyly (8-3, 4.50 ERA) to the mound against