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The Atlanta Braves Evan Gattis has come on the scene and made a big splash in his rookie season. Gattis already has 10 home runs (2nd on the team and tied for 4th in the NL) in just 121 plate appearances and is second on the Braves with 27 runs-batted-in, only one behind team leader, [...]
Tuesday night Evan Gattis came through again for the Braves, driving a Glenn Perkins slider into the left field seats with two out in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, 4-4. Gattis has hit nine home runs this season, four have been tying or go-head shots in the eighth inning or later. [...]
The Braves tangle with the Diamondbacks in the second game of a 3-game series tonight at 9:40 p.m. ET, and if you put Fredi Gonzalez‘s line-up to music, it would be lyrics from a SuperTramp song, “Right, right, you’re bloody well right.” Arizona’s starting pitcher, the left-handed Patrick Corbin, has held left-handed hitters to a [...]
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez, looking to get more life into a line-up that has scored only three runs the past two games against the Giants, has shaken things up. Here’s today’s batting order against the Giants: 1. RF: Jordan Schafer 2. SS: Ramiro Pena 3. C: Brian McCann 4. LF: Justin Upton 5. 1B: Freddie [...]
In the Braves 3-2 win Monday night over Washington, the box score shows that the Nationals had three up and three down in the night inning. But it wasn’t that simple. Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond led off the ninth by hitting a routine grounder to Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons. As Simmons fielded the ball, his [...]
Atlanta Braves position players who were added to the roster before the 2013 season have keyed the offense. Returning Braves players…not so much. The new Braves include left fielder Justin Upton (.328 average, 9 home runs, 13 runs batted in) third baseman / first baseman Chris Johnson (MLB leading .438 average, 2 home runs, 7 [...]
Braves hot-hitting first baseman Freddie Freeman has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained right oblique. The concern is that oblique injuries can often linger well beyond the initial diagnosis. Freeman has been an anchor at the clean up spot so far this season, hitting .412 with 1 homer and 7 [...]
The Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees tangle at 1:05 today (February 23) at Champion Stadium. Veteran left hander, Paul Maholm, will start today for the Braves. The right handed David Phelps is the Yankees scheduled starter. The Braves pitchers scheduled to follow Maholm are: Jordan Walden, Anthony Varvaro, Cory Rasmus, Yohan Flande, and [...]
The Atlanta Braves once again have put together a summer schedule filled with fun promotions. Freddie Freeman and Justin Upton bobblehead nights, Braves alumni weekend, two Fourth of July fireworks celebrations, Military Appreciation Day, and Friday night fireworks are the leading attractions. Bark in the Park returns two times in 2013, as the Braves welcome [...]
Freddie Freeman has had a couple nice years in the major leagues. Last season in the first base position rankings, he ranked tenth in the major leagues in homers (23), sixth in RBIs (94), fifteenth in average (.259), and 12th in OPS (.796). Those are good numbers for a player in his first two years, [...]
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