What a difference a year makes for Atlanta. At this time last season, they were 18 games out of first. On Tuesday the Bravos sit in first place in the National League East. Atlanta has surprised a lot of people…
ATLANTA (AP) - Ronald Acuna Jr. pulled off one of the rarest feats in baseball history, hitting leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader to lead the first-place Atlanta Braves to a sweep of the Miami Marlins on Monday.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Touki Toussaint threw six strong innings in his big league debut, Ronald Acuna hit another leadoff homer and the Atlanta Braves climbed a half-game ahead of Philadelphia in the NL East, beating the Miami Marlins 9-1 in…
ATLANTA (AP) - Kevin Gausman pitched eight strong innings to win his SunTrust Park debut, Ender Inciarte drove in four runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1 on Friday night. Nick Markakis added three RBIs and Johan…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gio Gonzalez pitched seven strong innings and earned his first victory since May 28 to help the Washington Nationals defeat the Atlanta Braves 6-3 Thursday to secure a four-game split. The Nationals moved within 5 1/2 games…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez left his start Thursday against the Washington Nationals after getting hit by the ball in the left calf. The right-hander was hit by Washington outfielder Michael Taylor's grounder with two outs…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Charlie Culberson homered in a third straight game, Tyler Flowers and Ronald Acuna Jr. added two-run shots and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Washington Nationals 8-3 Wednesday night. Culberson hit a three-run drive off Tommy Milone (1-1)…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ender Inciarte snapped a ninth-inning tie with a two-run triple, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 Tuesday night to earn a doubleheader split. In the opener, Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman hit consecutive homers…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman hit consecutive homers to spark a four-run fourth inning, and the surging Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 Tuesday in the opener of a split doubleheader. Rookie right-hander Jefry Rodriguez (1-1)…
NEW YORK (AP) - Ozzie Albies hit a tiebreaking double off Jacob deGrom, Anibal Sanchez pitched six effective innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 2-1 Friday night for their fifth straight win. Albies gave the Braves…
NEW YORK (AP) - Ronald Acuna Jr. led off with his first big league triple and reached three times, Johan Camargo hit a two-run double in a three-run third inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 4-2…
ATLANTA (AP) - The game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed because of rain. The game never started. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Aug. 13,…
The Atlanta Braves have acquired right-handers Kevin Gausman and Darren O'Day from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for four prospects. The 27-year-old Gausman is 5-8 with a 4.43 ERA in 21 games started for Baltimore. He is under team control…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have acquired outfielder Adam Duvall from the Cincinnati Reds to bolster their lineup for a postseason push. The Braves sent right-handers Lucas Sims and Matt Wisler and outfielder Preston Tucker to Cincinnati. All three…
ATLANTA (AP) - Freddie Freeman hit a go-ahead homer in the third inning, Ronald Acuna Jr. also went deep and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Monday night. The Braves began the night 1 ½ games behind…
ATLANTA (AP) - Clayton Kershaw pitched 7 2/3 strong innings, added a two-run single and reached four times, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Friday night. Kershaw (4-5) was his usual dominant self on the…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have acquired left-handed reliever Jonny Venters from the Tampa Bay Rays for international signing bonus pool allocation. The Rays announced the move after Thursday night's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Venters is the third…
ATLANTA (AP) - Manny Machado hit his first home run for Los Angeles, Rich Hill pitched seven dominant innings and the Dodgers routed the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Thursday night. Machado, acquired last week from Baltimore to add even more…
MIAMI (AP) - Wei-Yin Chen pitched six innings and scored the first run of his career to help the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Tuesday. J.T. Realmuto hit his 13th homer of the season for Miami and drove…
MIAMI (AP) - Freddie Freeman hit his 17th homer and also doubled for the Atlanta Braves, who totaled 16 hits to beat the Miami Marlins 12-1 on Monday night. Freeman is batting .469 with five homers in eight games against…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stephen Strasburg was batted around by the Atlanta Braves, then engaged in a heated spat with Nationals ace Max Scherzer in the dugout during Washington's 8-5 loss Friday night. It was unclear what prompted the exchange between…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ozzie Albies has been pulled from the Atlanta Braves' game against the Washington Nationals because of right hamstring tightness. The Braves say the All-Star second baseman was lifted Friday as a precaution. Albies may have been injured…
ATLANTA (AP) - Zack Greinke added another road win to his strong first half by allowing only four hits in 7 2/3 innings, extending Atlanta's offensive slump, and the Arizona Diamondbacks shut out the Braves 3-0 on Saturday. Greinke (10-5),…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have placed closer Arodys Vizcaino on the 10-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. It is Vizcaino's second stint on the DL with the shoulder problem in four weeks. He was activated on July…