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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are glad that their four-game series with the San Diego Padres beginning Thursday night is at home rather than in San Diego.

The Braves swept four games from the Padres in the opening series for new SunTrust Park in April 2017 and have almost nothing but success against the team in Atlanta.

It has been exactly the opposite in San Diego Cheap Josh Allen Jersey , though.

The Padres took two of three from Atlanta in San Diego last week, and the Braves have dropped 16 of their last 19 games in the Padres’ home stadium while being outscored 98-59 over the stretch of futility.

The Braves have lost eight straight series at San Diego dating to 2011, but own an all-time record of 186-122 against the Padres in Atlanta.

The Braves (39-28) went 2-4 on their road trip against the Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, but returned home to sweep a two-game series from the New York Mets and regain sole possession of first place in the National League East.

The Padres (33-37) have won five straight series after taking two of three at St. Louis and own 11 wins in their past 15 games.

Anibal Sanchez (2-0, 2.37 ERA) will start the series opener for the Braves, with fellow right-hander Tyson Ross (5-3, 3.43) going for San Diego.

Sanchez has made three starts since spending six weeks on the disabled list because of a hamstring strain and is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA in the past two, allowing just five hits in 12 1/3 innings.

Atlanta has won Sanchez’s last four starts, with the 34-year-old getting a no-decision in his best outing since signing a minor league contract in spring training after being released by Minnesota.

In that game, Sanchez worked seven innings against Washington on June 3 and allowed just two hits and two unearned runs while walking one and striking out five.

“He’s got a great feel for pitching and knows what he’s doing,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “I think his stuff is better than what I was led to believe when we signed him. He’s sneaky. He knows what he’s doing. He can change speeds and he locates the fastball well.”

Sanchez has made five career starts against San Diego Boone Logan Milwaukee Brewers Jersey , losing his only two decisions but posting a 2.76 ERA.

The Padres have won the last six games started by Ross and are 10-3 in his outings this season.

“When it’s your turn to take the ball, you have to believe that you’re the ace,” Ross said. “It’s a rotation of five, but when it’s your turn to go, you have to give the team a chance to win.”

Ross won a combined 23 games for San Diego in 2014 and 2015, and was the Padres’ Opening Day starter in 2016. That was his only outing of the season, though, as thoracic outlet surgery forced him to miss the rest of the year as well as the first part of 2017 after he signed as a free agent with Texas.

The 31-year-old California native made 10 starts and two relief appearances for the Rangers last year, going 3-3 with a 7.71 ERA.

Ross has faced the Braves four times, with one appearance in relief, and is 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA.

The Boston Bruins remember what happened last time they met Toronto in the NHL playoffs. They also realize they can’t count on it happening again.

After taking a 3-1 lead in the series but failing to close out the Maple Leafs in Games 5 and 6 of their first-round series in 2013 Authentic Olivier Rodrigue Jersey , Boston fell behind 4-1 in the third period of the decisive seventh game before sending it into overtime with two goals in the last 82 seconds of regulation.

The Bruins won in OT en route to their second Stanley Cup Finals appearance in three years.

”It’s kind of crazy how things worked out,” forward Brad Marchand said after practice Wednesday. ”If we went back there again, it wouldn’t necessarily work out (that way), so we got lucky.”

In addition to Marchand, the Bruins have goalie Tuukka Rask, forward David Krejci and defensemen Zdeno Chara, Adam McQuaid and Torey Krug from that team. Toronto has five holdovers with bitter memories of that postseason, including forward Nazem Kadri, who thought he clinched it when he scored with 5:29 gone in the third to make it 4-1.

”I think a lot of people thought the same thing,” Kadri told The Canadian Press. ”It was hard to deal with.”

The Bruins went on to beat the New York Rangers in five games and swept the Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals. They led Chicago 2-1 in the finals before losing three straight, giving up two goals 17 seconds apart in the final minutes of the finale before watching the Blackhawks skate around the TD Garden ice with the Cup.

It all started with the late rally against Toronto.

”We had a good run after that http://www.chiefsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dorian-o_daniel-jersey ,” Rask said.

Here are some other things to look for from the first-round playoff series between the Bruins and Maple Leafs.

OUT

Bruins center Riley Nash is not yet ready to return, Cassidy said. Although he worked out on Wednesday, the team decided to give him until at least Saturday to recover from the puck to the right ear that has kept him out since March 31.

”He’s an underrated guy,” Cassidy said, adding that Noel Acciari was the likely replacement. ”We’re confident in the guy replacing Riley, but we’ll miss him.”

The move likely leaves U.S. Olympic team captain Brian Gionta as a healthy scratch.

HISTORY, PART II

The two Original Six teams don’t have much of a playoff history – at least not lately, or compared to the Bruins and Canadiens. Before 2013, Boston and Toronto hadn’t met since 1974, having spent much of the `80s and `90s in different conferences.

In all, the teams are dead even at 34-34-1 in the playoffs http://www.cowboysauthorizedshops.com/authentic-michael-gallup-jersey , with Toronto holding a series lead of 7-6-1.

But that 2013 series still smarts.

Current Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner was 16 years old at the time.

”As a Leaf fan, it was tough,” he told the CP.

MATCHUPS

Cassidy said the Bruins would not go too far out of their way to make sure they can match lines with the Maple Leafs, which would help Boston use Bergeron to try to neutralize Toronto’s No. 2 scorer Auston Matthews.

”Generally speaking, we’ve allowed our players to play,” Cassidy said. ”We look for it, but we don’t chase it.”

UP NEXT

Here’s the schedule for the series:

Thursday: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Saturday: Toronto at Boston, 8 p.m.

Monday: Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 19: Boston at Toronto Authentic Baker Mayfield Jersey , 7 p.m.

x-Saturday, April 21: Toronto at Boston, TBA

x-Monday, April 23: Boston at Toronto, TBA

x-Wednesday, April 25: Toronto at Boston, TBA

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