Atlanta Braves

Editor's note: Welcome to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's new feature, our own MLB power rankings. This feature will run weekly during the season with our ranking of the top 10 teams. Here's how the AJC views MLB's top teams as April winds down: 1. Atlanta Braves (-) The Braves are baseball's best team to this point. They've overcome numerous injuries and haven't yet seen the best from… Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription.

Cleveland Guardians (18-8, first in the AL Central) vs. Atlanta Braves (18-6, first in the NL East) Atlanta; Saturday, 7:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Tanner Bibee (2-0, 4.44 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 26 strikeouts); Braves: Charlie Morton (2-0, 4.70 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 22 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Braves -189, Guardians +156; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves will try to keep a four-game home win streak alive when they face the Cleveland Guardians. Atlanta is 18-6 overall and 10-3 in home games. The Braves have gone 15-2 in games when they record eight or more hits. Cleveland has gone 10-4 in road games and 18-8 overall. The Guardians have a 9-2 record in games when

BOSTON — Good teams find a way to win. It’s a mantra that sounds simple in theory but is tougher to execute without organizational depth and players coming through when needing to take on bigger roles. The Chicago Cubs, though, keep finding ways to win. Their 7-1 victory Friday night against the Boston Red Sox embodied how they have received contributions from throughout their roster. Eight ...

Chris Sale was hesitant to discuss how good he's feeling after another strong start for the Atlanta Braves. It's understandable that Sale wouldn't want to jinx himself after all the injuries he endured with the Boston Red Sox. Once one of the game's most dominant pitchers, the guy with the funky motion and nasty stuff, Sale managed just 31 starts over the past four seasons, spending far more time in the training room than he did on the mound.

ATLANTA -- — Chris Sale shook off another first-inning homer and Marcell Ozuna kept up his torrid start with two more RBI, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 Friday night in the opener of a series matching MLB's two best teams. The reigning NL East champion Braves won for the 10th time in 11 games to improve to 18-6, pushing them a game ahead of the AL-leading Guardians (18-8). Sale (3-1) surrendered a homer to the very first hitter, Steven Kwan, whose 389-foot shot down the right-field line bounced around in the Chop House restaurant. Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. barely moved as Kwan circled the bases with the third leadoff homer of his career.

Chris Sale threw seven masterful innings and Ozzie Albies returned from the injured list to get two hits and help the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series. The Braves have won four in a row and 10 of their last 11. Atlanta and Cleveland are now tied with a major-league-best 18 wins. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm$2=6 Wb\`X 82G6 FA 2 82>6\@A6?:?8 9@>6C E@ $E6G6? zH2?[ 3FE 96 =2E6C C6E:C65 E96 7:?2= `f 32EE6CD 96 72465] w6 2==@H65 @?6 CF? @? EH@ 9:ED H:E9 @?6 H2=< 2?5 D:I DEC:<6@FED] xE H2D 9:D E9:C5 DEC2:89E D6G6?\:??:?8

© Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Takeaways: Atlanta Continues Dominant Homestand With Easy 6-2 Win Over The Atlanta Braves are 9-1 in their last ten games thanks to some dominant starts and some clutch hitting Author: Lindsay Crosby Apr 27, 2024 The Atlanta Braves used lockdown pitching from Chris Sale and the Braves pen to take down the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Friday night in Truist Park. Here's what you need to know about from the contest. Let's talk about Atlanta's starters Chris Sale started this game with a leadoff homer to Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan. It was the fourth homer of the season allowed by Sale, with all of them coming in the first inning. Correct me if i'm wrong, but

The Guardians like to use their offense and baserunning to pressure the opposition into mistakes. Friday night they discovered that Atlanta plays that game as well. Cleveland, in the opening game of a series between the teams with the best records in the big leagues, made one too many mistakes in a 6-2 loss to the Braves at Truist Park. First baseman David Fry was called for obstruction and right-hander Tyler Beede a balk which led to three of Atlanta's six runs.

The Guardians being the second team in this series is a shock. It is quite an upgrade from Fulton County Stadium where the Guardians, then called the Indians, lost the 1995 World Series to the Braves in six games.

Max Fried pitches during Game 5 of the NLCS between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium, Oct. 21, 2021. Atlanta Braves ace Max Fried produced one of the more dazzling performances you'll ever see in his Tuesday night win over the Miami Marlins: Fried threw a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits while striking out six.

Maybe concerns about the Atlanta Braves' starting rotation were a little premature. Yes, losing Spencer Strider hurts over the course of a season, but the Braves responded this week with stellar performances. Yes, the foe was Miami, maybe the worst team in the National League. Yes, they present a minimal threat to the Atlanta Braves' reign as National League East Division champs.

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Miami scored two runs in the ninth to tie the score 3-3 and force extra innings but stranded the bases loaded in the top of the 10th.

Gary Cooper was a multiple sport star in his prep days at Groves and went on to play for the Atlanta Braves. He is one day shy of earning his MLB pension.

Andrew Knizner hit a three-run homer, Adolis García added a two-run shot and the Texas Rangers avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night. Evan Carter also went deep as the reigning World Series champions erased an early 3-0 deficit and stopped Atlanta’s six-game winning streak. David Robertson worked 1 2/3 innings in relief and Kirby Yates got four outs for his third save.

Houston Astros right-hander Cristian Javier was scratched from Sunday’s start at the Washington Nationals because of neck discomfort.

Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe was activated from the injured list on Saturday after missing the first 20 games of the season because of a right oblique strain. Lowe started Saturday night's game against the Atlanta Braves and was hitting fifth. “It'll be fun,” Lowe said before the game.

Travis d'Arnaud hit his first three home runs of the season, including a grand slam in the sixth that gave Atlanta the lead, and the Braves beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Friday night for their fifth straight win. Chris Sale (2-1) allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings in the interleague matchup of first-place teams, but the left-hander didn't want to talk about his pitching. “To be honest, nobody cares,” Sale said.

Cooper, now 67, spent 42 days with the Braves in 1980, falling one day short of the minimum.

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