Braves face Red Sox looking to get back on track

The off-kilter Atlanta Braves hope a quick stop at home will put them back on the right path. The Braves open a two-game home series on Tuesday against the Boston Red Sox after they lost five of their last six games and were swept in a three-game series over the weekend by the surging Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak on Sunday with a 9-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox won three of four games against the Braves last season and split the two that were played at Atlanta one year ago this week. The pitching matchups for the series opener features Boston's Kutter Crawford (2-1, 1.56 ERA) against Atlanta's Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 1.50). Atlanta's bats were