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10:10 pm EDT Thu Jun 3, 2010

Over the past two weeks, the Atlanta Braves have vaulted from worst to first in the NL East. The next two weeks could determine if they have what it takes to stay there. The surging Braves look to win nine straight games for the first time in a decade when they open a season-high 11-game trip Thursday night against a Los Angeles Dodgers team seeking its fifth consecutive victory. Atlanta’s chances of reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2005 weren’t looking good as a nine-game losing streak from April 21-29 dropped the club a season-worst six games below .500. The Braves were still 6 1/2 games back of first-place Philadelphia on May 17, but they’ve gone a major league-best 13-2 to open up a 2 1/2-game division lead. Atlanta finished a three-game sweep of the defending NL champion Phillies on Wednesday with a 2-1 win. The Braves, who have outscored their opponents 51-21 during the eight-game winning streak, haven’t won nine consecutive games since reeling off a franchise-best 15 straight from April 16-May 2, 2000. No team has had both a winning and losing streak of at least nine games in a single season since Cleveland in 2008, which had runs of 10 games.

It would certainly be a surprise if Atlanta can continue its winning ways over this next stretch. After this four-game series at Dodger Stadium, the Braves have four in Arizona followed by a three-game series at AL Central-leading Minnesota. Atlanta then returns home for three against Tampa Bay, owner of baseball’s best record. The Dodgers enter this series having won three straight games in their final at-bat. Garret Anderson came up with the big hit in Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Arizona, driving in Matt Kemp with a two-out single in the 14th inning. Los Angeles has won four straight despite Andre Ethier’s struggles at the plate. Ethier is 1 for 14 in three games since coming off the disabled list after missing the previous 15 because of a broken right pinky finger. He hit .367 with three homers, two doubles and nine RBIs in seven games against Atlanta last season, but the Dodgers lost four. Hiroki Kuroda takes the ball for Los Angeles looking to bounce back from his worst outing of the season.