MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Hoping to bolster their rotation for a playoff run, the Minnesota Twins have acquired veteran left-handed pitcher Jaime García, catcher Anthony Recker and cash considerations from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league right-hander Huascar Ynoa.…
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Montgomery hit his first home run and allowed two hits and one run in six innings to lead the streaking Chicago Cubs to an 8-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Javier Baez hit a…
ATLANTA (AP) - Kris Bryant suffered a sprained left little finger that forced him to leave the Chicago Cubs' game against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. The Cubs say X-rays on Bryant were negative. His status is day to day…
ATLANTA (AP) - Jon Lester bounced back from the shortest start of his career by allowing only one run in seven innings and Chicago stopped Atlanta's ninth-inning comeback to give the Cubs a 4-3 win over the Braves on Monday…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have activated utility players Sean Rodriguez and Danny Santana from the disabled list. Right-hander Jason Hursh and infielder Jace Peterson were optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. Rodriguez will start at third base in his Braves…
ATLANTA (AP) - Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves topped baseball's comeback kings at their own game, scoring two runs in the eighth inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Friday night. The Diamondbacks lead the majors with 29…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Daniel Murphy's one-out RBI single in the 10th inning capped the Washington Nationals' 5-4 comeback victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. Adrian Sanchez led off the 10th against Ian Krol (1-2) with his first major…
ATLANTA (AP) - George Springer drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Josh Reddick and Marwin Gonzalez each had three RBIs and the streaking Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 10-4 on Wednesday night. Houston has won four…
ATLANTA (AP) - Jose Altuve homered and drove in four runs, Josh Reddick hit a grand slam and the Houston Astros pounded the Atlanta Braves 16-4 on Tuesday night. Showing why they're the major leagues' best team at 57-27, the…
Braves fans don't have to wait any longer for Freddie Freeman's return. He's back in the lineup tonight against Houston, and he'll be playing third base. Freeman has been sidelined since May 17th after breaking his wrist when he was…
ATLANTA (AP) - Right-hander Bartolo Colon has been designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves, one day after the 44-year-old right-hander dropped to 2-8. Pitching for the first time since going on the disabled list with a strained left oblique…
ATLANTA (AP) - Police say an Alabama man is accused of stealing a golf cart at the Atlanta Braves stadium and crashing it. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Marcus Jerry Stephens is accused of stealing a $4,500 golf cart that…
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Foltynewicz won his fourth straight decision at home, shortstop Dansby Swanson made a pair of outstanding defensive plays in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Friday night for their…
ATLANTA (AP) - Braves slugger Freddie Freeman says his broken left wrist is healing much faster than expected. After undergoing a CT scan and meeting Friday with team physician Dr. Gary Lourie, Freeman was told his wrist is 80-90 percent…
ATLANTA (AP) - Braves star Freddie Freeman plans to move from first base to third base to keep Matt Adams' bat in the Atlanta lineup. Freeman took grounders at third base before batting practice Wednesday and also made throws to…
ATLANTA (AP) - Austin Slater hit a three-run homer after the Braves botched a potential double-play grounder, sparking the San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 victory over Atlanta that snapped a seven-game losing streak Tuesday night. Matt Moore (3-7) pitched…
ATLANTA (AP) - Bartolo Colon's return to the Atlanta Braves' rotation has been put on hold. Colon was scheduled to start Wednesday against San Francisco after coming off the 10-day disabled list with what was described as a strained oblique…
ATLANTA (AP) - R.A. Dickey threw seven scoreless innings, Matt Adams hit another homer and the Atlanta Braves sent the San Francisco Giants to their seventh straight loss, a 9-0 rout Monday night. The 42-year-old Dickey (5-5) escaped a jam…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ryan Zimmerman hit his 18th and 19th home runs of the season in his return from back soreness, and the Washington Nationals scored five sixth-inning runs against R.A. Dickey to defeat the Atlanta Braves 10-5 on Tuesday…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tyler Flowers hit a go-ahead three-run home run off Matt Albers in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves came from three runs down to beat the Washington Nationals 11-10 on Monday night and snap a three-game…
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves tonight selected right-handed pitcher Kyle Wright of Vanderbilt University with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft. Wright, 21, was named first team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and a Second Team…
ATLANTA (AP) - Dansby Swanson turned a normal grounder up the middle into a hustle double, then dashed home on a single by pinch-hitter Rio Ruiz in the ninth inning to lift the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets…
ATLANTA (AP) - R.A. Dickey allowed only three hits in seven innings to earn his first win in five weeks and lead the Atlanta Braves over Ben Lively and the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 on Thursday night. The 42-year-old Dickey (4-4)…
ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Foltynewicz allowed only four hits in seven scoreless innings, Nick Markakis drove in five runs and the Atlanta Braves crushed Philadelphia 14-1 on Wednesday night to end the Phillies' four-game winning streak. Markakis had two-run doubles…