Its Thursday, August 7 and the Marlins (56-57) are in Atlanta to begin a series against the Braves (47-66). Eury Pérez is slated to take the mound for Miami against Carlos Carrasco for Atlanta.

1966 – Lee Bales gets off to a shaky major league start, striking out four times, as the Braves beat the Phillies, 3 – 0.