MIAMI (AP) - Atlanta rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his 21st home run and got hit by another Miami pitch, though tempers stayed in check this time and the Braves went on to beat the Marlins 5-0 on Thursday night.…
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ronald Acuna Jr. hit another leadoff home run and Freddie Freeman had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to lift Julio Teheran and the Atlanta Braves over the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Wednesday night for…
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dansby Swanson had two homers and four RBIs, Kevin Gausman breezed through eight innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Tuesday night. Swanson's first homer gave the Braves a 2-0 lead in the…
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Bryse Wilson worked five solid innings, becoming the third 20-year-old pitcher to start in his big league debut for Atlanta this season in the Braves' 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Wilson allowed three…
ATLANTA (AP) - Ian Desmond tripled and drove in five runs, Kyle Freeland pitched six strong innings and the Colorado Rockies coasted to an 11-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. The Rockies have won six of seven,…
ATLANTA (AP) - Colorado snapped Ronald Acuna Jr.'s home run streak and Atlanta's five-game winning streak, rallying for three unearned runs in the ninth inning to beat the Braves 5-3 on Thursday night. David Dahl homered in the third and…
ATLANTA (AP) - Braves rookie star Ronald Acuna Jr. is day to day after being plunked on the left arm by Miami's Jose Urena. The team announced Thursday that a CT scan on Acuna's elbow was normal. X-rays also were…
ATLANTA (AP) - Slugging rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. was hit by a pitch before he could take the Marlins deep again, but Dansby Swanson filled the power void for Atlanta, hitting a two-run homer that led the Braves to a…
ATLANTA (AP) - Ronald Acuna Jr.'s streak of leadoff homers in three straight games ended when the Marlins' Jose Urena hit him with his first pitch, triggering a melee that led to benches and bullpens for Atlanta and Miami emptying…
ATLANTA (AP) - Ronald Acuna Jr. became the youngest player in major league history to homer in five straight games, hitting a leadoff shot on the first pitch and adding a three-run long ball in the seventh inning to help…
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…