LOS ANGELES (AP) – Yasmani Grandal hit a three-run homer, Corey Seager added two more home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 12-6 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep with their seventh win in a row at home. Seager went 3 for 5, drove in four runs and scored twice two days after hitting three homers…
ATLANTA (AP) – Madson Bumgarner won his sixth straight decision to match a career best and hit a two-run homer in a six-run fifth inning that led the Giants over the Atlanta Braves 6-0 Thursday. Bumgarner (7-2) allowed four hits in 7 2/3 innings, struck out 11 and walked two, lowering his ERA to 1.91. The NL West-leading Giants have…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have placed infielder Gordon Beckham on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. The team recalled infielder Brandon Snyder from Triple-A Gwinnett before Thursday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Beckham, hitting .284, left Wednesday night’s game after hitting into a double play in the sixth inning. He has started games at…
ATLANTA (AP) – Freddie Freeman homered leading off the 11th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. Freeman’s ninth homer, off Derek Law (1-1), came after Giants closer Santiago Casilla couldn’t hold a 4-3 lead in the ninth. Chris Withrow (1-1) pitched a perfect 11th inning for Atlanta to pick…
ATLANTA (AP) – Mallex Smith hit a three-run triple in the second inning, Mike Foltynewicz continued his recent upswing by allowing only three hits and one run in six-plus innings and the Atlanta Braves beat Jeff Samardzija and the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Monday. The Braves survived San Francisco’s two-run, ninth-inning rally. They have won three of four and…
NEW YORK (AP) – Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera has accepted a suspension without pay through Aug. 1 for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. announced the suspension Thursday, saying it is retroactive to April 30 and covers 82 games. Major League Baseball said Olivera will not appeal…
ATLANTA (AP) – Scooter Gennett’s tiebreaking single in the eighth inning lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over Atlanta on Tuesday night, spoiling Brian Snitker’s home debut as the Braves’ interim manager. With two outs in the eighth, Bud Norris (1-6) walked Jonathan Villar, who stole second base. Gennett then lined a single to right field. Villar scored…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have invested deeper into their already important June draft by acquiring left-hander Brian Matusz and the 76th pick in the draft from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for minor league pitchers Brandon Barker and Trevor Belicek. The competitive balance draft pick gives the rebuilding Braves five of the first 80 picks in the June…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Freddie Freeman homered twice and drove in four runs and Nick Markakis also hit a home run to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. It was a rare power surge for the Braves, who entered last in the majors by a wide margin with just 15 homers. Philadelphia’s…
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Gregory Polanco homered and tripled, John Jaso collected three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled by the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Thursday night. Polanco hit a two-run shot to left-center in the second off Mike Foltynewicz (1-2) and finished 2 for 4. The left fielder is hitting .461 (12 for 26) in his last seven games. Staked…
