Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:06 by Prince damin
Atlanta -- The Atlanta Braves have acquired slugging all-star second baseman Dan Uggla from the Florida Marlins, the teams said Tuesday.
The Braves, in turn, surrendered infielder Omar Infante and pitcher Mike Dunn.
Uggla, 30, has been one of the game's top-hitting second basemen in his four years with the Marlins. He is the only second baseman ever to register four straight 30-homer seasons, batting .287 with 33 home runs and 105 RBI in 159 games last season.
Uggla is the Marlins' all-time home run leader with 154.
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Thu, 10/14/2010 - 02:42 by Prince damin
Atlanta -- Fredi Gonzalez has been formally tapped to replace Bobby Cox as manager of the Atlanta Braves, the National League team said Wednesday.
Cox ended a 25-season tenure as the Braves' manager Monday when Atlanta was eliminated from the National League playoffs by the San Francisco Giants.
Gonzalez, 46, was the manager of the Florida Marlins from the beginning of the 2007 season until June 23 when he was fired. The Marlins were 87-75 under Gonzalez, who previously spent time on Cox's staff as a third base coach.
Cox, 69, had a 2,149-1,709 record as the Atlanta manager. He led the Braves from 1978-1981 and again from 1990-2010. Cox also had a four-season stint as the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Mon, 10/11/2010 - 01:43 by Prince damin
Atlanta -- The Atlanta Braves indicated Sunday they are seeking to drop injured closer Billy Wagner from their post-season roster.
Wagner strained his oblique muscle in Friday's 5-4 Braves win over San Francisco in Game 2 of their best-of-five National League Division Series.
The Braves have asked permission from Major League Baseball to replace him with Takashi Saito, who had been out with a sore shoulder, for the remainder of the series.
Because Wagner has indicated he will retire at the end of the season, the durable closer has likely pitched his last major league game. He was fifth in the NL with 37 saves this season.
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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 09:32 by Prince damin
Atlanta -- Martin Prado returned from the disabled list Tuesday with three hits and in a pair of RBI and the Atlanta Braves pounded Washington 10-2.
Prado, activated just before the game, made his first start of the season at third base, replacing the injured Chipper Jones, and responded by going 3-for-5, driving in runs in the sixth and seventh innings and scoring three times for the first-place Braves.
Diory Hernandez homered and Melky Cabrera and Matt Diaz each drove in a pair of runs as Atlanta improved its home record to a major league-best 43-16.
Mike Minor (1-0) collected his first major league win in his second career start, holding the Nats to two runs on five hits in six innings, walking two and striking out five.
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Tue, 08/17/2010 - 09:06 by Prince damin
Atlanta -- Melky Cabrera delivered a two-run, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth Monday, rallying the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Braves trailed 3-1 entering their final at-bat but Alex Gonzalez and Brian McCann led off with singles off Hong-Chih Kuo (3-2), and one out later Brooks Conrad walked to load the bases.
Octavio Dotel relieved for the Dodgers and forced in a run by walking pinch-hitter David Ross. Cabrera then hit a sharp grounder past diving shortstop Jamey Carroll, driving in two runs for the victory and improving the NL East-leading Braves' home record to 42-16.
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Fri, 07/23/2010 - 02:10 by Pankaj Damin
Atlanta -- Tim Hudson and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout Thursday and the Atlanta Braves took an 8-0 decision over the San Diego Padres.
Hudson (10-5) allowed the four hits -- all singles -- over seven innings. He walked one and struck out four. Michael Dunn walked three batters but got one out before yielding to Peter Moylan, who got a double play to end the eighth and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
Atlanta scored in each of the first three innings in beating Clayton Richard (7-5), who allowed nine hits and four runs in six innings.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:02 by shalini.bahadur
New York, Sept. 22: Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets.
Jair Jurrjens (13-10) matched his career high in wins, set last season, by limiting the Mets to five hits and one run over seven innings. Jurrjens is 4-0 in five meetings with New York this season.
Rafael Soriano earned his 25th save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Escobar also doubled and scored an insurance run in the ninth on Adam LaRoche's base hit. Martin Prado collected a pair of singles and scored for Atlanta, which has won 10 of its last 12 games.
Nelson Figueroa (2-7) was charged with two runs on only two singles with three walks and five strikeouts.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 09:47 by shalini.bahadur
New York, Sept. 22 Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets.
Jair Jurrjens (13-10) matched his career high in wins set last season by limiting the Mets to five hits and one run over seven innings.
Jurrjens is 4-0 in five meetings with New York this season. Rafael Soriano earned his 25th save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Escobar also doubled and scored an insurance run in the ninth on Adam LaRoche's base hit. Martin Prado collected a pair of singles and scored for Atlanta, which has won 10 of its last 12 games.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 12:26 by surajdogra
Atlanta, July 17: The Atlanta Braves retired the uniform No. 31 of four-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux prior to Friday night's meeting with the New York Mets.
Maddux, 43, became the sixth player to have his number retired by the Braves. He joined Dale Murphy, Warren Spahn, Phil Niekro, Eddie Matthews and one-time career home run record holder Hank Aaron.
Murphy had been the last previous player to be honored, having his number retired in 1994.
Maddux spent 11 seasons with the Braves, posting a 194-88 record with a 2.63 ERA in 363 starts. He had a 19-2 mark with a 1.63 ERA for the Braves during their World Series championship season of 1995.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:48 by surajdogra
Atlanta, July 17: Jair Jurrjens allowed only two hits Friday, Yunel Escobar drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves had two homers in pounding the New York Mets 11-0.
The one-sided victory came on the night the Braves retired the uniform number of Greg Maddux, who won the Cy Young Award four times.
Jurrjens (8-7) went six innings and three Atlanta relievers worked a hitless inning each. New York's only hits were a leadoff double by Gary Sheffield in the second and a one-out double by David Wright in the fourth.
Escobar singled in the third of Atlanta's three runs in the first inning and contributed a two-run double during a four-run fifth.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:39 by preet_20
Denver, July 12: Brad Hawpe's RBI double in the ninth inning Sunday gave the Colorado Rockies an 8-7 win over the Atlanta Braves.
Hawpe, who also homered in the Rockies' fifth win in seven games, hit a shot into the right-field gap that scored Seth Smith from first base.
Smith and Troy Tulowitzki also hit home runs for Colorado.
Huston Street (3-1) pitched a perfect ninth inning and earned the win.
Brooks Conrad homered, singled and tripled for Atlanta, driving in three runs.
Luis Valdez (0-1) took the loss in his first major league appearance. Valdez entered the game in the ninth and gave up a single to Smith and Hawpe's game-ending double.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 04/13/2009 - 11:02 by Shruti Sharma
Atlanta -- The opportunistic Atlanta Braves hung an 8-5 loss on Washington Sunday, the Nationals' six straight setback to open the 2009 season.
The turning point came in the bottom of the fifth inning. Following a two-out passed ball, Chipper Jones and Brian McCann hit back-to-back RBI singles and Atlanta never trailed or tied from that point.
Jones also hit a seventh-inning RBI single and six others knocked in one run each.
Like Jones, Jeff Francoeur and Omar Infante had two hits for the Braves, who have won five of six.
The winner, starter Jair Jurrjens (2-0), gave up four runs -- three earned -- and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with five walks.
Elijah Dukes led Washington with two hits and three RBI.
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