Get your popcorn ready.

The Braves take on the Phillies, starting tonight, in a huge four-game series. The Braves trail the Phillies by five games in the National League East. A lot of ground could be made up this weekend as the Braves vie for a seventh consecutive division title.

The spotlight will be on the teams as two of the four games will be on national television with Saturday’s game on Fox and Sunday’s game on ESPN.

Here are the pitching matchups:

Thursday: Charlie Morton vs. Cristopher Sánchez (6:40 p.m., Bally Sports Southeast)

Friday: Reynaldo López vs. Ranger Suárez (6:40 p.m., Bally Sports Southeast)

Saturday: Max Fried vs. Zack Wheeler (7:15 p.m., Fox)

Sunday: Spencer Schwellenbach vs. Aaron Nola (7:10 p.m., ESPN)

The series will bring to seven the number of played between the teams in the past 13 days. The Braves took two of three games from the Phillies at Truist Park last week.

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