Atlanta Braves shortstop Erick Aybar, left, throws out Chicago White Sox’s J.B. Shuck at first base after forcing out Avisail Garcia at second base during the fifth inning of an interleague baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) CHICAGO (AP) — The White Sox were denied a sixth straight series win, despite James Shields’ best…
Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves players line the base paths during the national anthem prior to a baseball game in Fort Bragg, N.C., Sunday, July 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — J.T. Realmuto homered and drove in two runs, Adam Conley pitched six strong innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Sunday…
ATLANTA (AP) — One day after he was the game-winning hero as a pinch-hitter, Jose Fernandez was humbled by one of the worst starts of his career. Fernandez gave up two homers and a career-high nine runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Saturday. Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Jace…
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Joel De La Cruz delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland) ATLANTA (AP) — Danny Salazar threw seven innings, Lonnie Chisenhall hit his second homer of the series and the Cleveland Indians stretched their winning streak to 12 games by beating…
Cleveland Indians’ Jason Kipnis (22) scores ahead of the throw to Atlanta Braves catcher A.J. Pierzynski (15) on a Jose Ramirez base hit in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ATLANTA (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a tie-breaking single in Cleveland’s three-run ninth inning, Corey Kluber allowed only three hits…
ATLANTA (AP) — Adonis Garcia hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Addison Reed in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets for the fourth straight time in a week, 4-3 Thursday. Atlanta has improved the worst record in the NL by winning seven of eight. The Mets have lost four of six. A.J. Pierzynski drove…
MIAMI (AP) — Adam Conley walked off the mound for the final time in the eighth inning Wednesday with a string of zeroes behind him. When he saw manager Don Mattingly applauding his performance from the dugout, Conley began to clap too. Both had reason to cheer following the left-hander’s longest outing yet. Conley pitched eight innings and the Miami…
MIAMI (AP) — Jace Peterson has not hit a lot of home runs in his brief career. However, he has hit some memorable ones at Marlins Park. Peterson hit a game-tying two-run home run in the eighth inning and a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over Miami on Tuesday night….
NEW YORK (AP) — John Gant, the rookie righty with the weird windup, earned his first big league win by beating the team that traded him away last summer, pitching the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 5-1 on Friday night. Gant (1-1) threw two-hit ball for 6 2/3 innings, helping the Braves post their first three-game winning streak…
Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Arodys Vizcaino sits on the bench after walking in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, June 13, 2016, in Atlanta. Cincinnati won 9-8. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ATLANTA (AP) — Tony Cingrani took a “nice and easy” approach to end a night of ugly pitching for…
