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Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 06:23
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Written by Phil Clark
The Atlanta Braves could have rightfielder Jason Heyward back in the lineup tonight when the Braves open a weekend series against the Dodgers at Turner Field. Heyward has been on the disabled list since an appendectomy in Denver on April 22nd, and has completed an extended rehab assignment in the Braves minor league system. Tonight could be the first time Atlanta can field it's projected starting lineup, with both Heyward and McCann starting for the first time this season. Heyward was batting just .121 when he went on the DL, and that's part of the reason for the extended stay on the 15-day DL. He has actually been out for 25 days.
Paul Maholm will get the start for Atlanta on the mound tonight.
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Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 06:20
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Written by Phil Clark
Atlanta relief pitcher Jonny Venters underwent 'Tommy John' surgery on his pitching elbow yesterday, and will likely miss the remainder of the 2013 season and much of 2014. The surgery on the lefthander was performed by Dr. James Andrews, who confirmed that Venters had a partial tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. Venters is the fourth member of the current Braves staff to have ligament transplant, or 'Tommy John' surgery. Tim Hudson and Kris Medlen are active, while Brandon Beachy is scheduled to return to the team soon.
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Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:53
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Written by Phil Clark
Atlanta starter Tim Hudson had another rocky outing last night in Arizona, blowing a 3-1 Atlanta lead when the D-Backs scored four times in the fifth inning on the way to a 5-3 win that sends the Braves home with a 4-6 record on a 10-game road trip. Last night's loss was the fifth in the last six games, with only Mike Minor able to win over that span. Only Freddie Freeman could solve Arizona's Eric Chavez. Freeman had three hits and three runs batted in. Brian McCann, in just his eighth game of the season, left seven runners on base in a 1-for-5 night. Jordan Schafer and Ramiro Pena each had two hits, and Schafer scored two of Atlanta's three runs from his leadoff spot.
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Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:51
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Written by Phil Clark
The Atlanta Braves are apparently in no hurry to return Jason Heyward from the disabled list. The struggling outfielder was hitting just .121 with twelve strikeouts when he was placed on the DL following an appendectomy in Denver on April 21st. He has missed 24 of the Braves 41 games this season, and has been on the 15-day DL for 27 days. He is currently re-habilitating in the Braves minor league system, but such re-hab assignments normally are for just a few days. Heyward wasn't the only Brave struggling at the plate, however, and the others, B.J. Upton, Dan Uggla and Juan Francisco, haven't improved in Heyward's absence. Uggla, who did not play in last night's 5-3 loss in Arizona, leads the team with 5 strikeouts and is hitting .191. B.J. Upton, signed during the offseason as a free agent, is even more futile. Hitting just .145, Upton has struck out 49 times. Francisco, who platoons with Chris Johnson at third base, is hitting .258, but he's struck out 37 times in 28 games, including four in lasts night's loss.
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Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 06:43
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Written by Phil Clark
To say that the Atlanta Braves rely on the long ball is an understatement. After last night's 2-0 loss to Arizona in which the Braves managed just four hits, the team has won just one of 13 games in which they did not hit a home run. As he has done all season, Atlanta starter Julio Teheran pitched well, allowing just seven hits and two runs. Last night's loss was the first for the team in a Teheran start. Reed Johnson had two of Atlanta's hits, while Andrelton Simmons and Chris Johnson had one each. Led by Dan Uggla's three, the Braves struck out ten times against Arizona starter Partick Corbin and two relievers.
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Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 06:19
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Written by Phil Clark
Chris Johnson had three hits, including a 2-run homer in the fifth inning, staking the Atlanta Braves to a lead they never gave up in a 10-1 thumping of the Arizona Diamondbacks last night in Arizona. Justin Upton, returning to Arizona for the first time since his trade to the Braves during the off-season also had a home run, double and two singles in a 4-for-5 night. Brian McCann had a pair of hits including a home run, and along with Johnson, drove in three Atlanta runs. Freddie Freeman was the fourth Atlanta player with a multi-hit game, with a single and double in three plate appearances. Mike Minor allowed just one run in six and two thirds innings, picking up his fifth win against a pair of losses. Four of Minor's five wins have come on the road. .
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Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 07:21
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Written by Phil Clark
The Atlanta Braves are happy to get out of San Francisco after losing yesterday 5-1 in another display of offensive futility. With Kris Medlen being touched for three home runs in the first five innings, the Giants built a 5-0 lead and Tim Lincecum dismantled the Braves offense with seven solid innings of 2-hit baseball. Atlanta scored its only run of the game in the ninth inning on pinch hit double by Evan Gattis that scored Dan Uggla from second base. Medlen lost his fourth straight start, and drops to 1-5 for the season. The Braves open a series at Arizona tonight, and will face former teammate Martin Prado, who was traded to the D-backs in the deal that brought Justin Upton to Atlanta.
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Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 06:33
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Written by Phil Clark
Brian McCann hit his first home run of the season, added a couple of singles and drove in half the Atlanta runs in the Braves' 6-3 win last night in the first of a four-game series in San Francisco. Jordan Schafer and Justin Upton each hit a triple in Atlanta's 4-run fifth inning that completed the night's scoring for both teams. McCann's homer came in his third game, and ninth at-bat, since coming off the disabled list. Julio Teheran pitched seven strong innings for his second win, and Craig Kimbrel became the second youngest major leaguer to record 100 saves when he picked up his eleventh of the season.
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Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 07:58
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Written by Phil Clark
Dan Uggla hit a pair of solo home runs, putting the Braves ahead 2-1 in a tight game with the Reds in Cincinnati last night. It was close, that is, before the Braves erupted for five runs in the eighth inning on the strength of Juan Francisco's first career grand slam homer. Mike Minor pitched seven strong innings, allowing just one run on four hits in picking up his fourth win of the season. Atlanta's first two hitters in the lineup, Jordan Schafer and Andrelton Simmons, accounted for seven of the Braves eleven hits. Schafer, playing centerfield in place of the struggling B.J. Upton, had a triple among his three hits, and Simmons had a double and three singles.
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Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 06:53
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Written by Phil Clark
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ has been released from a St. Petersburg hospital, a day after being hit in the head by a line drive in the Blue Jays game with the Tampa Bay Rays. A spokesman for Bayfront Medical Center said in a statement issued last night that Happ was released after his condition was upgraded to 'good'. He was hit on the side of the head by a line drive off the bat of Desmond Jennings in the second inning of Toronto's 6-4 win over the Rays.
