MILWAUKEE (AP) – Tyrell Jenkins pitched six strong innings, Nick Markakis and Adonis Garcia drove in a run each in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night. Jenkins (2-2) allowed one run and three hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out three in his sixth career start and 10th…
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Matt Kemp scored from third after Keon Broxton dropped Gordon Beckham’s fly ball to center field in the 12th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Monday night. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Broxton dropped a drive to deep center. An error was given to Broxton, but Beckham was awarded a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Mike Foltynewicz worked six strong innings, Nick Markakis and Erick Aybar had two RBIs apiece and the Atlanta Braves kept the St. Louis Cardinals down at home with a 6-3 victory on Sunday. Matt Kemp added two hits and an RBI to help the Braves take two of three, outscoring the Cardinals 19-8 the last two…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia had three-run home runs and the Atlanta Braves got enough from Roberto Hernandez in his first start this season for a 13-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. The 35-year-old Hernandez (1-0), who previously pitched under the name Fausto Carmona, was the 14th starting pitcher used by the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jaime Garcia pitched eight scoreless innings and had an RBI single to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. Garcia (8-8) struck out 11 as he topped the 100-strikeout mark for the third time in his career. He pitched out of a two-on, no out jam in…
ATLANTA (AP) – Adonis Garcia scored from second on an improbable stolen base attempt in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday night despite Ryan Vogelsong’s strong start. Vogelsong allowed only one run in six innings his first start in more than two months. He left with the game tied 1-1. Felipe…
ATLANTA (AP) – Ender Inciarte broke a tie with an RBI single in the fifth inning and the offensively challenged Atlanta Braves had 15 hits to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 on Wednesday night. Last in the major leagues in runs, the Braves crossed the plate eight times after the Pirates took a 4-0 lead in the first. Pittsburgh, which…
ATLANTA (AP) – Jung Ho Kang doubled in the tiebreaking run in a four-run sixth inning to lead Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Tuesday night. Matt Kemp went 0 for 4 and ended the game with a strikeout in his Atlanta debut. Cole was coming off the first complete game of his career,…
ATLANTA (AP) – The Braves have placed ace Julio Teheran on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with a strained right lat muscle. He was originally injured during a four-inning start July 22 at Colorado. The 25-year-old waited eight days before his next start and allowed five hits, three runs and one walk in five innings in a 9-5 loss…
ATLANTA (AP) – Tyrell Jenkins earned his first career victory, pitching six innings and helping the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on Friday night. Jenkins, acquired in the November 2014 trade that sent Jason Heyward to St. Louis, began the game with a 6.43 ERA and 26 baserunners allowed in his first three career starts, a span of…
