MLB SERIES OF THE WEEK

This isn’t supposed to be the Braves’ year, but look which team has scored more runs than any other team in the major leagues. Freddie Freeman, the underrated Atlanta first baseman, walked 12 times in the first seven games. So the Braves might need a better cleanup batter than Nick Markakis. Are they for real? The Braves beat defending Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in Atlanta; they’ll face Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg in this series.