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B.J.'s Shoulder Better Than Expected After HBP
PHOENIX — After B.J. Upton was hit in the left shoulder by a pitch Monday and left the game an inning later, the Braves center fielder was more worried than he let on to reporters in a postgame interview...
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Beachy's First Rehab Start Encouraging
PHOENIX – Brandon Beachy's rehabilitation from elbow surgery has gone without a hitch so far, and reports from the Braves pitcher's first game in nearly 11 months were encouraging...
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1st-Quarter Grades for the Atlanta Braves
After getting off to a blistering 12-1 start, the Atlanta Braves looked invincible, especially after sweeping the rival Washington Nationals in D.C...
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Atlanta Braves' World Series Design Is Fatally Flawed
If the Atlanta Braves are serious about completing the championship journey they supposedly started during the offseason, they're going to need some help...
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Braves Shut out in Fourth Loss in Five Games
Although the Braves had won in each of Julio Teheran's first six starts before Tuesday, they had only one win in 13 games when they failed to hit a home run...
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An Early Look at 5 Realistic Moves the Atlanta Braves Could Make at the Deadline
We are about one quarter of the way through the MLB season with the Atlanta Braves clinging to a slim lead in the National League East. After a blazing start, the Braves have come back down to earth against a rather difficult early schedule...
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Venters' Elbow Still Sore, Will See Dr. Andrews Again
PHOENIX – Jonny Venters hasn't recovered from an elbow injury sustained in the final week of spring training, and the Braves reliever is headed back for another visit with Dr...
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Braves 10, Diamondbacks 1
PHOENIX -- Justin Upton snapped a 14-game homerless drought and had four hits to help the Atlanta Braves rout the Diamondbacks 10-1 on Monday night in his return to Arizona...
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ESPN Gamecast: Braves vs. Diamondbacks
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Upton Says He Has No Hard Feelings About Arizona Diamondbacks
The weirdest part will probably be the beginning, when he walks into Chase Field as an away player for the first time and steps foot in the visitors' clubhouse...
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Stock Up, Stock Down for Braves' Top 10 Prospects for Week 6
With Julio Teheran using up his prospect eligibility and Evan Gattis currently in the big leagues, the Braves' farm system is the thinnest we have seen it in some time...
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Will the Atlanta Braves' Strikeout Rate Doom Them in the 2013 Playoffs?
Despite a three-game losing streak, the 2013 Atlanta Braves are sitting at 21-16, which is atop the NL East...
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Upton Set to Face Former Team in Arizona
Justin Upton is on his way back to Arizona . The outfielder, traded by the D-backs to the Braves this offseason after nearly two years of trade rumors, returns to Chase Field ...
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Heyward Drives in Three for Triple-a Gwinnett
MOOSIC, Pa. -- Jason Heyward got off to a rough start in his rehab assignment with the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves . He went hitless in five at-bats with three strikeouts in his first game and was scratched Friday night due to soreness...
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Braves Waste Changes, Medlen Loses Again as Giants Win Series
SAN FRANCISCO — When the Braves were winning 12 of their first 13 games, the pitching was dominant, the offensive flaws were offset by sheer might, and the bandwagon filled ...
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During Homerless Stretch, J. Upton Still Reaching Base
SAN FRANCISCO — Justin Upton had a .216 average during a 12-game homerless streak before Saturday, but the Braves left fielder could take some comfort from drawing 11 walks and posting a ...
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Braves Quotes After Saturday's Loss to Giants
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Giants Rout the Braves
SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner struck out a season-high 11 over seven innings, Gregor Blanco entered in the fifth as a pinch hitter and drove in four runs, and the San Francisco Giants routed the Atlanta Braves 10-1 Saturday...
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McCann Homers Again, but Braves Lose to Giants
SAN FRANCISCO – Brian McCann hit a long, two-run homer into McCovey Cove beyond right field, but that was about the only thing to recommend of the Braves ' performance Friday night against the Giants at AT&T Park...
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Freeman Batting 4th Tonight vs. Giants
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Francisco Batting Cleanup vs. Giants
#Braves lineup: Schafer rf, Simmons ss, JUpton lf, Francisco 3b, Freeman 1b, Uggla 2b, McCann c, BUpton cf, Hudson p .....
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Braves' Beachy Set to Begin Rehab
After throwing his last scheduled batting-practice session Thursday, Brandon Beachy will throw a side session Sunday and begin a minor-league rehab assignment next week, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said...
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Kimbrel Notches 100th Save
Kimbrel, who made his first appearance since giving up consecutive homers on Tuesday in a loss to the Cincinnati Reds and had blown three of his last five save opportunities, induced three groundouts for his 11th save of the season...
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Uptons Uniting a Dream Come True for Mom
ATLANTA -- Yvonne Upton might have been more excited than anybody the day she learned her youngest son, Justin, had been traded to the Braves . She had lobbied for the move while in Atlanta two months earlier to see her oldest son, B...
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Pain Cuts Venters' First Mound Session Short
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jonny Venters' optimism turned to discouragement on Thursday when he felt left elbow discomfort while throwing off a mound for the first time since receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection on April 2...