KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) – Williams Perez threw three scoreless innings and Nick Swisher drove in a run, but the Houston Astros topped the Atlanta Braves behind a three-run home run by A.J. Reed for a 5-3 split-squad win on Thursday. Houston’s Danny Worth hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning during a 2-for-4 afternoon and also scored on Reed’s…
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) – Justin Verlander extended his scoreless string to nine innings as the Detroit Tigers downed the Atlanta Braves 10-6. Verlander, a former Cy Young winner and Most Valuable Player, suffered through arm troubles last spring and won only five games in 20 starts. He allowed one hit and struck out five in four innings. New closer Francisco…
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) – Julio Teheran allowed two hits over four innings by making quick work of the Tampa Bay Rays starters as the Braves won 5-0 at Champion Stadium on Monday. Teheran allowed one base-runner when James Loney doubled in the top of the fourth inning. Teheran gave up his first hit with two outs in the third when…
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Yadier Molina caught five innings and took three called strikes in his lone at-bat for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-3 victory over an Atlanta Braves split squad on Friday. Braves starter Jhoulys Chacin had been unaware Molina, the last hitter he faced in throwing three scoreless innings, wouldn’t be putting up a fight. Molina…
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) – Atlanta’s Kyle Kendrick was rocked by his former team, giving up seven runs in less than two innings, and a Braves split-squad lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 on Friday. Ryan Howard, playing for the first time in a week after getting over an illness, had a two-run double in the first off Kendrick, whose bid…
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Starter Bud Norris allowed one run in three innings Thursday to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 5-2. Trying to bounce back from a dismal 2015 season, Norris threw 53 pitches and struck out three. He gave up four hits after pitching two perfect innings in his first start. Jeff Francoeur hit a two-run…
