Edwin Jackson starts for Washington, while Tommy Hanson gets the call for Atlanta when the Nationals and Braves meet for the middle game of their key NL East series on Saturday.

After Kris Medlen produced one of the finest outings of his young career on Friday night, the Braves prevailed with a thrilling ninth inning in a 2-1 win over the Nationals.

Ten bucks will get you a few gallons of gas for your car, a new rake for those leaves that are starting to fall, or the chance to watch up to 280 remaining live, out-of-market Major League Baseball games — including 10 much-anticipated clinchers.

The Red Sox played without second baseman Dustin Pedroia on Thursday night against the Yankees, but for good reason. Pedroia’s wife, Kelly, delivered the couple’s second son.

Asked whether he’s trying to ignore talk of his legitimacy as a Most Valuable Player Award candidate, Buster Posey responded with typical politeness. “You try to, with anything like that,” Posey said recently. But others are free to discuss Posey’s bid for the prestigious honor.

A’s outfielder Yoenis Cespedes left Thursday’s game against the Angels with a sprained right wrist and has been deemed day to day.

Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte, who has been sidelined by a fractured left ankle sine late June, will start Tuesday against the Blue Jays.

Nationals third-base coach Bo Porter arrived in Houston on Thursday afternoon to interview with the Astros for their vacant managerial position.

Christy Criswell, a third-grade teacher at St. Ignatius School in Cincinnati, was a contestant on “Bucks on the Pond,” the MLB.com game show that came to Great American Ball Park for the first time.

One year after experiencing an epic late-season collapse, the Braves entered this week with a legitimate hope to erase the sizable deficit that separated them from the first-place Nationals in the National League East race.

Four years after being involved in a serious car accident, rookie Mike Fiers continues to be motivated by doubters while proving he belongs in the big leagues.

In the darkness of early morning and at least an hour before daybreak, Jerry Coleman gently pulls shut the door to the home he has lived in for the last 40 years, wary not to disturb those who actually desire sleeping past five in the morning.

Red Sox principal owner John Henry and president and CEO Larry Lucchino both refuted a report that said the current ownership group was considering a sale of the team and had quietly discussed such a thing with potential buyers.

David Samson, the Marlins’ president, sat down with MLB.com and, in an exclusive interview, extrapolated on owner Jeffrey Loria’s comments about evaluating the entire organization.

The previous Orioles’ logo may have been “ornithologically correct,” but the “Happy Bird” of the present gets to be around for the most fun season of baseball in Baltimore in 15 years.

No one can accuse left fielder Ryan Ludwick of being a loner in the Reds’ clubhouse. It’s not enough that he treats his teammates like brothers — Ludwick, as he happily intermingles with any group, will let a player know, in a robust voice, that he is his “BROTHERRRRR!”

The true results of the Nationals’ decision to shut down Stephen Strasburg won’t come with the outcome of this year’s postseason. The way to fairly evaluate the call will be by looking back years from now.