Red Sox-Braves series thumbnails

Where: Turner Field, Atlanta.

Records: Boston is 36-28 (tied for second in the American League East, one game behind); Atlanta is 30-37 (third in the National League East, 13 games behind).

Tonight (7:35, NESN, WEEI 850): LHP Jon Lester (0-0, 6.23 ERA) vs. RHP Tim Hudson (6-4, 3.79).

Tomorrow (1:20 p.m., Ch. 25, WEEI 850): RHP Josh Beckett (7-3, 5.26) vs. LHP Horacio Ramirez (2-2, 5.06).

Sunday (8:05 p.m., ESPN, WEEI 850): RHP Curt Schilling (9-2, 3.59) vs. RHP John Smoltz (4-5, 3.78).

Head to head: This is the only series between the teams this season. The Sox took two of three from the Braves in 2005, at Fenway Park .

Miscellany: The Braves are further back in the standings than at any point since the end of the 1990 season. The Braves have won 14 consecutive division championships . . . The Braves placed reliever Chris Reitsma (1-2, 9.11 ERA), a former Red Sox first-round draft pick, on the disabled list Wednesday with ulnar neuritis in his right arm . . . Braves veteran Chipper Jones had reached base in 50 of 53 games this season.