BOSTON (AP) – Dustin Pedroia had a grand slam and a solo homer, David Ortiz passed two Hall of Fame Red Sox on the extra-base hits list and Boston beat Atlanta 9-4 on Wednesday night even as the Braves ended their 15-game homerless stretch. The Red Sox won their fourth straight and third against the Braves, the first two coming…
ATLANTA (AP) – David Price matched his career high with 14 strikeouts, Travis Shaw homered and drove in five runs and the Boston Red Sox beat Atlanta 11-4 on Tuesday night as the Braves’ staggering home-run drought reached 15 games. The Braves, who opened the season with nine straight losses, have lost seven straight. The homer drought is the longest…
ATLANTA (AP) – Home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg has left Friday night’s game between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves with an apparent injury after being hit by a foul ball. There was a delay between the first and second innings as Kellogg was examined by Braves assistant trainer Jeff Lovell behind home plate. Lovell appeared to look at Kellogg’s…
ATLANTA (AP) – Yasmani Grandal doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a not-quite-overpowering performance by Clayton Kershaw, beating the Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Thursday. Enrique Hernandez singled with one out against Alexi Ogando (1-1) and came around to score on Grandal’s shot off the center-field wall. Chris Hatcher (2-1) worked a…
ATLANTA (AP) – Justin Turner gave Los Angeles the lead with a 10th-inning double and the Dodgers beat Atlanta 5-3 on Wednesday night to snap the Braves’ four-game winning streak. The Braves failed in a bid to become the first team to win five straight games after starting a season 0-9, according to STATS. Braves rookie center fielder Mallex Smith,…
ATLANTA (AP) – Tyler Flowers went 4 for 4 and drove in three runs, Mallex Smith had three RBIs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 on Tuesday night. The Braves have won four straight after beginning the season 0-9. Sloppy defense and a poor start by Alex Wood (1-2) doomed Los Angeles, which had three fielding…
NEW YORK (AP) – Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera’s paid administrative leave has been extended through May 3 in an agreement by Major League Baseball and the players’ association. Olivera was arrested on April 13 and charged assaulting a woman at a hotel outside Washington, D.C. He was charged with assault and battery, a misdemeanor, and bond was set at…
MIAMI (AP) – Adonis Garcia drove in three runs in the final three innings and the Atlanta Braves rallied for their first victory of the year after nine consecutive losses, beating Miami 6-3 on Friday night. The Braves managed just one hit in the first six innings, trailed 3-0 in the seventh and appeared on the verge of falling to…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bryce Harper hit his first grand slam to reach 100 career home runs and the Washington Nationals beat Atlanta 6-2 Thursday, dropping the Braves to 0-9. The Braves and Minnesota, which fell to 0-9 hours earlier, are the first major league teams to lose nine in a row to start a season since Detroit in 2003, STATS…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Slumping Atlanta Braves slugger Freddie Freeman is not in the starting lineup for Thursday’s game against the Washington Nationals. Freeman is batting .080 (2 for 25) as the No. 3 hitter for the Braves, who have lost eight straight games to open the season. The first baseman says he’s completely healthy, but was notified Wednesday night by…
