ATLANTA (AP) – Home plate umpire Jerry Layne has left the game between the Indians and Braves after being hit by a foul tip. Layne was staggered by the foul tip hit by Atlanta’s Nick Markakis in the bottom of the eighth inning. The ball appeared to hit the side of his head beyond the area covered by his mask….
ATLANTA (AP) – Braves right-hander Alexi Ogando has been designated for assignment and right-hander Mauricio Cabrera has been recalled from Double-A Mississippi. Ogando gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning in Atlanta’s 5-2 win over the New York Mets on Sunday. He was 2-1 with a 3.94 ERA in 36 games. Ogando spent his first five seasons with…
ATLANTA (AP) – Braves rookie right-hander John Gant has left Monday night’s game against the Cleveland Indians with an apparent injury to his left side. After giving up a single to Chris Gimenez in the third inning, Gant grabbed his left side near his ribs after throwing a pitch to Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer. Assistant trainer Jim Lovell and interim…
ATLANTA (AP) – Pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson lined a leadoff home run in the 11th inning and the New York Mets outlasted the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Saturday night. Johnson pulled a pitch from Dario Alvarez (1-1) into the first row of the right-field seats for his third homer. Johnson began the year with the Braves before he was traded to…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have optioned rookie right-hander Aaron Blair to Triple-A Gwinnett and recalled left-hander Matt Marksberry. Blair allowed eight runs in 4 1/3 innings in Friday night’s 8-6 loss to the New York Mets. Blair’s ERA climbed to 7.99 as he allowed at least six runs for the third time in five June starts. Marksberry was…
ATLANTA (AP) – James Loney hit a three-run homer, Travis d’Arnaud drove in three runs and the New York Mets survived Atlanta’s six-run fifth inning to beat the Braves 8-6 on Friday night. The Mets led 8-0 after Loney’s three-run homer in the fifth. Steven Matz almost blew the lead as he allowed six runs on eight hits in the…
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 pitched a career-high eight innings and the Miami Marlins broke the Atlanta Braves’ six-game winning streak Wednesday with a 3-0 victory. The Marlins defeated the last-place Braves for only the second time in eight meetings this year, and for the first time in five games in Miami. Justin Bour hit a two-run homer, his 12th….
MIAMI (AP) – Jace 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 the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. Chris Withrow (2-0) got five outs to earn the win and Arodys Vizcaino picked up his eighth save in 10 chances…
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…
