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MLB: Atlanta 10, Washington 2

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.

Broken finger puts Braves' Prado on DL

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 09:38 by harsheeb

Atlanta -- The Atlanta Braves put slugging second baseman Martin Prado on the 15-day disabled list with a broken right pinky finger, the team said Monday.

Prado broke the finger in Friday's win against Cincinnati while sliding head-first into home plate on Jason Heyward's 10th-inning double.

After holding him out of the lineup Saturday and Sunday, the Braves made the decision to put Prado on the DL after it was determined he wouldn't be strong enough to grip a bat for at least another week.

Prado is batting .315 with 13 homers and 43 runs batted in this season. He started the All-Star Game as an injury replacement for Philadelphia's Chase Utley.

He will be eligible to return to action Aug. 16.

MLB: Atlanta 8, Florida 3

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 09:56 by Pankaj Damin

Miami -- Martin Prado had three of Atlanta's 14 hits and drove in two runs Thursday, helping bring the Braves an 8-3 victory over Florida.

David Ross also had two RBI for the Braves, who inched within 1 1/2 games of Philadelphia for the lead in the tightly-bunched National League East. The five teams in the division are separated by three games.

Ross drove in a run with a double in the fourth and then scored on a single by Prado to give the Braves a 3-1 lead.

Prado had another RBI single in the sixth and Ross drew a bases-loaded walk during a three-run eighth that broke open the game.

MLB: Atlanta 7, NY Mets 3

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:09 by shalini.bahadur

Atlanta, Sept. 18: A three-run homer by Brian McCann in the fifth put Atlanta in front Thursday and the Braves went on to their seventh straight win -- 7-3 over the New York Mets.

Atlanta remained 7 1/2 games behind Philadelphia in the National League East, but moved a half game in front of Florida for second place in the division. The Braves also closed within 4 1/2 games of idle Colorado for the lead in the wild-card race.

New York rallied to tie it at 2-2 after four innings, but Atlanta quickly regained the lead in the fifth.

Nate McLouth and Martin Prado singled off Nelson Figueroa (2-6) and McCann came through with a two-out homer to right. Consecutive singles by Yunel Escobar, Adam LaRoche and Matt Diaz accounted for another run in the fourth.

MLB: Atlanta 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20

Los Angeles, Aug. 9: Martin Prado's three hits and two RBI Sunday keyed Atlanta's 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the Braves three wins in the four-game series.

Prado hit an RBI single in the top of the third and his two-run single was part of a five-run ninth.

Matt Diaz had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and two RBI, and Ryan Church and Adam LaRoche added one RBI each for the Braves, who won the last three games of the series and have won five of six overall.

Winner Javier Vazquez (10-7) surrendered a run and five hits in eight innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.

MLB: Atlanta 9, San Diego 2

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:52 by preet_20

San Diego Aug. 5: Martin Prado drove in three runs Tuesday in Atlanta's 9-2 romp over the San Diego Padres.

Prado's solo home run in the fifth inning proved to the game winner, but the Braves tacked on four runs in the sixth to nail down just their second win in their last seven games.

Atlanta out-hit San Diego 17-4, while Javier Vazquez (9-7) picked up the win, giving up two runs on six strikeouts, four hits and two walks over seven innings.

Tim Stauffer (1-3) took the loss with three runs on eight hits over five innings.

Will Venable homered for the Padres, who had won six of seven coming into the game. His solo shot in the first inning gave San Diego a brief 1-0 lead.

MLB: Atlanta 7, New York Mets 1

Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:24 by surajdogra

Atlanta, July 19: Javier Vazquez allowed a run and six hits in seven innings Sunday, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1 rout of the New York Mets.

Vazquez (7-7) walked just one batter and his five strikeouts increased his season total to 141, 18 fewer than National League leader Tim Lincecum of San Francisco.

Yunel Escobar had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and four RBI. Chipper Jones, Casey Kotchman and Martin Prado all had one RBI, while Garret Anderson added two hits for the Braves, who won three times in the four-game series.

New York's run scored on a third-inning single by former Brave Jeff Francoeur.

Luis Castillo had two of the six hits for the Mets, who have lost nine of 12.

MLB: Atlanta 11, New York Mets 0

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.

Prado hits way to NL weekly award

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 01:55 by surajdogra

New York -- Atlanta Braves infielder Martin Prado's prowess at the plate produced his first National League Player of the Week award Monday.

In six games during the week ending Sunday, Prado had 15 hits -- eight of them doubles -- for a .577 average, .621 on-base percentage and 1,000 slugging percent.

He also scored eight times.

Prado, 25, who has seen his time in the field divided between first, second and third base, this season is hitting .329 with four homers, 15 RBI and 23 runs scored.

Also considered for the weekly NL honor were Arizona's Dan Haren (2-0, 1.38 ERA, 15 SO), Chicago Cub Derrek Lee (.679 SLG, 4 HR, 12 RBI), Cincinnati's Joey Votto (.440, 1 HR, 4 RBI) and Florida's Ricky Nolasco (2-0, 1.13 ERA, 20 SO).

MLB: Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 4

Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:54 by preet_20

Atlanta, June 30: Martin Prado drove in Gregor Blanco in the 10th inning Tuesday to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia.

Prado had four RBI and Blanco had three hits as Atlanta ended a nine-game home losing streak to the Phillies.

Peter Moylan (2-2) earned the win with two-thirds of an inning pitched. Starter Derek Lowe allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings.

Chase Utley, John Mayberry and Pedro Feliz all homered, and Ryan Howard also drove in a run for Philadelphia. Chan Ho Park (3-2) took the loss after allowing the deciding run on three hits in two-thirds of an inning. Starter Joe Blanton gave up three runs on eight hits over five innings.

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