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…
ATLANTA (AP) – Matt Wisler snapped a string of four straight losses, Freddie Freeman had three hits, including a two-run homer, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 on Thursday. Freeman was still hot one day after he became the first player this season to hit for the cycle. Freeman had a first-inning single before driving in Mallex…
ATLANTA (AP) – Freddie Freeman’s lead-off single in the 11th inning against the Reds made him the first Braves player to hit for the cycle in eight years. Freeman doubled in the third inning, tripled in the fourth and hit his 11th homer in the sixth Wednesday night. He is the first Atlanta hitter to hit for the cycle since…
ATLANTA (AP) – Jay Bruce had a three-run homer in the first, Brandon Finnegan pitched six strong innings and the surging Cincinnati Reds escaped a jam in the ninth to beat the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night. Finnegan (3-4) allowed one run and four hits with three walks. Atlanta native Blake Wood loaded the bases with no outs…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have optioned right-hander Ryan Weber to Triple-A Gwinnett and recalled left-hander Dario Alvarez. The Braves claimed Alvarez on waivers from the New York Mets on May 25. Alvarez, who will join Atlanta’s bullpen, posed a 1.12 ERA in eight innings at Gwinnett. Weber allowed two runs on three hits in one inning, failing to…
ATLANTA (AP) – Tyler Holt’s bases-loaded walk off closer Arodys Vizcaino forced in the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 9-8 on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the National League. Five Braves pitchers combined for eight walks, including three by Vizcaino (1-2) in the ninth….
ATLANTA (AP) – Left-hander Eric O’Flaherty has been put on the 15-day disabled list by the Atlanta Braves because of a right knee strain. O’Flaherty is 1-3 with a 6.52 ERA in 27 games. He allowed three runs in two innings against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Atlanta still has left-handers Ian Krol and Hunter Cervenka in its bullpen. The…
ATLANTA (AP) – Bud Norris pitched seven strong innings, Adonis Garcia and Tyler Flowers hit home runs and the Atlanta Braves beat Jason Hammel and the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Friday night. Making his second start since returning to the rotation, Norris (2-7) allowed one run on four hits and no walks with six strikeouts. He gave up only one…
