MIAMI (Interstat) — The Atlanta Braves will visit the Miami Marlins on Sunday at loanDepot Park in Miami, Fla. Atlanta enters the matchup with a 96-68 record, while Miami is 79-82. The Braves have dominated the recent head-to-head series, winning eight of the past 10 meetings. Atlanta won the most recent meeting 8-3 at Miami, after Miami took a 3-0 victory in the previous game between the teams.

Atlanta’s probable pitchers are listed as JR Ritchie, who is 1-4, and Janson Junk, who is 6-9. The Braves will look for another strong outing from Brent Suter, a player to watch. Suter threw three scoreless innings with three strikeouts in his most recent appearance at Miami. He also has a scoreless inning against Cincinnati and a two-inning outing against Philadelphia in which he allowed one earned run. Suter has been effective recently, including a 3 2/3-inning scoreless performance against Tampa Bay. He has allowed one earned run or fewer in each of his past six appearances.

Miami will counter with Bradley Blalock as a player to watch. Blalock pitched 3 1/3 innings against Atlanta in his most recent outing, allowing two earned runs with three strikeouts. Earlier, he worked three scoreless innings with three strikeouts against the New York Mets and allowed three earned runs over two innings at San Diego. Blalock has recorded at least three strikeouts in each of his past three outings. Miami has split its past four games, including an 8-3 defeat to Atlanta in its most recent contest.

Atlanta has won three of its past six games. The Braves beat Houston in three straight games before dropping two of three against Cincinnati, then falling to Miami in the previous meeting and beating the Marlins in the most recent contest. Atlanta’s lineup has produced consistently, and the club has shown depth on the mound. Miami has struggled to find consistency, dropping recent series against Chicago and San Diego before splitting the first two games of this series.

The game-time forecast calls for a temperature of 87 degrees. The teams will meet at loanDepot Park, where Miami has played its home games this season. Atlanta has been the stronger team by record and recent form, while Miami will look to use its home park to slow the Braves.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Atlanta Braves 6, Miami Marlins 4. Interstat’s ELO system gives Atlanta a 52.2 percent probability to win. Atlanta has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the over/under for the game is 8.5.