The Nationals return home where they have beaten the Braves 21 of the past 26 times.

This game certainly doesn't figure to be close with unheralded converted reliever Ryan Weber making his first start of the season due to Matt Wisler being out.

Half of the handicap is fading second-year man Weber, who was 0-3 in five starts last season and has a 5.24 ERA this year. The longest he's pitched this season is 3 2/3 innings. That was back in April.

The other half of the handicap is playing on Nationals ace Max Scherzer, who is having another superb season and is in excellent form allowing a combined two runs on five hits in his last two starts spanning 16 innings with a 21-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Scherzer has given up fewer than three earned runs during each of his last seven home starts.

The Nationals have dominated the Braves this year winning 11 of 13 times.