Bidding adieu to a seven-game winning streak in a makeup game against a sub-.500 team isn’t fun. But doing so while watching one of your top relievers extend his second-half decline is far more troublesome.
Atlanta will try to cool off reigning National League Player of the Week Daylen Lile when the Braves open a two-game series against the Nationals in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night.
Rafael Devers hit his 30th home run, Osleivis Basabe ignited a four-run sixth inning with a solo shot of his own and the San Francisco Giants made the most of a one-day visit to Georgia with a 7-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night in the makeup game for a rainout.
Typically, an awkward one-game standalone series can make for an unwanted blip on a team’s schedule — especially when it originally was an off day.
In an August series that has felt more like October baseball, a pair of star pitchers with playoff experience will highlight a game with postseason implications.
Ha-Seong Kim hit a walk-off single to help lift the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
Even as Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss has watched his team’s lead atop the National League East shrink, his confidence in the club hasn’t wavered.
Some series mean a little more in August. For the Dodgers and Braves, that holds true as both division leaders prepare to clash this week.
Feature from Mark Bowman on Mauricio Dubón.
Kody Clemens racked up three RBIs, including the go-ahead hit in the seventh inning, to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 6-4 win over the Atlanta Braves Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis.
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