The Atlanta Braves will host Major League Baseball's Civil Rights Games in 2011-12, team president John Schuerholz announced Wednesday at the King Center. No dates or opponents have been set for the games, which will be played during the next two regular seasons. The 2009-10 games were held in Cincinnati.
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Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam and Dan Uggla singled home the winning run in the ninth inning for his third RBI as Florida beat New York just hours after the Marlins announced Edwin Rodriguez will remain their manager. New York scored twice in the ninth off closer Leo Nunez (3-1), tying it at 6 on a single by pinch-hitter Josh Thole — his second hit this season.
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If you chose to watch baseball, you know that Monday night was a good time to start investing in gauze and…
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The Atlanta Braves broke through for four runs in the seventh against the Washington Nationals' star rookie Stephen Strasburg's on their way to a 5-0 victory Monday. Strasburg (2-2) had no help from his offense as he gave up six hits and four runs, three earned, in 6 1-3 innings. The Nationals have scored one run in Strasburg's last three starts.
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Bad umpiring now means always having to say you're sorry to Motown. Gary Cederstrom — a crew chief with…
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Brennan Boesch shook his head and raised his hand, waving off a reporter's attempt to recite the rookie outfielder's impressive statistics. "I don't even want to know," Boesch said. Based on the early All-Star voting, others also are oblivious to Boesch's numbers, which he boosted Sunday by hitting a homer and driving in three runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Atlanta…
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Another umpire has accepted responsibility for a blown call that went against the Detroit Tigers. Gary Cederstrom acknowledged he erred when he called a third strike on Johnny Damon that ended the Atlanta Braves' 4-3 win over the Tigers on Saturday night with the bases loaded. "It was a sweeping pitch, going away from Damon," Cederstrom told a pool reporter from the Detroit Free Press…
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Kenshin Kawakami could see Atlanta's relievers pressing to protect his first win of the season. After the Braves' bullpen gave up a homer and four walks in the ninth inning, it was Kawakami who started to press as he said he pleaded from the dugout, "Please finish, please finish. Get the game out of the way." Chipper Jones' three-run homer in the seventh gave Kawakami his…
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Braves rookie Jason Heyward, in a 1-for-16 slump that has his batting average at its lowest point since the end of April, is not in Saturday's lineup. Atlanta manager Bobby Cox says Heyward is being rested for one game. Heyward, the Braves' celebrated young outfielder, is hitting only .251 — his low mark since he was at .240 on April 30.
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Billy Wagner added a big milestone on his road to retirement. Wagner earned his 400th save, Brian McCann gave Atlanta the lead with a fourth-inning homer and the Braves ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Friday night. Wagner struck out the side in the ninth in his 16th consecutive appearance without allowing a run.
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