Braves Sweep Brewers With 9-2 Win
Brooks Conrad homered and drove in four runs and Derek Lowe notched his fifth win of the season as the Braves completed a three-game sweep with a 9-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers this afternoon at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Filling in for Chipper Jones at third base, Conrad connected for a two-run eighth inning blast [...]
Braves Clobber Brewers 11-3
Tim Hudson notched his third win of the season and Troy Glaus and Eric Hinske drove in three runs apiece as the Braves clobbered the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3 on Tuesday night at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Hudson (3-1) struggled with his control, issuing six walks in the game, but worked his way out of several jams [...]
Tomahawk Talk Is On Fightin Phillies!
As a followup to yesterday’s Q and A with FightinPhillies’ Rich Baxter and as a lead-in to this weekend’s Braves/Phillies series, Tomahawk Talk took a series of Braves-related questions yesterday from Rich and FightinPhillies.com.
Here’s a look at that interview:
Fightin Phillies: The Braves started out real well in the first couple of weeks, but have cooled [...]
Nationals Edge Braves 3-2
Atlanta’s Tim Hudson and Washington’s Scott Olsen pitched a couple of gems, but neither starting pitcher was around for the finish when the Nationals scored a ninth inning run to beat the Braves 3-2 on Thursday night at Nationals Park in Washington.
Hudson pitched seven strong innings, allowing just five hits and two runs while striking [...]
Heyward Named NL Rookie Of The Month
Braves’ phenom Jason Heyward was named the National League’s Rookie of the Month for the month of April on Tuesday, which didn’t exactly come as a surprise to anyone.
Heyward blasted six homeruns and had 19 runs-batted-in during the month of April and is currently batting .289 with eight homeruns and 24 runs-batted-in.
Heyward’s April homerun and [...]
Nationals Beat Braves In Series Opener
Ian Desmond had two hits, two runs-batted-in, and a solo blast and Livan Hernandez won his fourth game of the year as the Washington Nationals defeated the Braves 6-3 on Tuesday night in the opening game of a three-game series.
The Braves took an early 1-0 lead in the game, scoring on an rbi sacrifice fly [...]
Braves Sweep Astros With 7-1 Win
Derek Lowe pitched five solid innings to get his fourth win of the year and Jason Heyward and Melky Cabrera drove in three runs apiece as the suddenly red-hot Braves defeated the Houston Astros 7-1 this afternoon in Atlanta.
The win gave the resurgent Braves a three-game series sweep of the slumping Astros.
Derek Lowe (4-2) allowed [...]
Braves Clobber Astros 10-1
Tim Hudson pitched 6 and 2/3 strong innings and Troy Glaus, Martin Prado, and Omar Infante combined for nine hits and seven runs-batted-in as the Braves clobbered the Houston Astros 10-1 this afternoon in Atlanta.
Hudson tossed 6 and 2/3 innings of five-hit one-run ball at the Astros to get his second win of the season [...]
Hanson Pitches Braves Past Astros
Tommy Hanson pitched eight sensational innings and Jason Heyward blasted a two-run game-winning homerun as the Braves beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Friday night in Atlanta.
The strong performances of Hanson and Heyward were key factors as the Braves were able to win and snap a nine-game Atlanta losing streak, which spared Braves’ manager Bobby [...]
