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Braves in must-win situation after 13-6 loss to Dodgers
As if the night hadn’t already become excruciating enough for the Braves, thousands of Dodger fans started doing the tomahawk chop and chant before the fifth inning Sunday, mocking them.This after the Dodgers had scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 10-4 lead.And then it got worse. ...
Game 3 Review
DEFINING MOMENTS1. Carl Crawford’s three-run homerSituation: Braves up 2-1 with runners at corners and two out in the second inning.Result: Crawford hit a three-run home run on a Julio Teheran’s 2-2 slider to give Dodgers a 4-2 lead.Comment: Crawford had been only 2-for-9 in the series entering Sunday but went ...
Garcia brings experience to Game 4 start
Freddy Garcia was released by the Padres in spring training. Just two months ago, he was pitching in Triple-A for the Orioles. in his first start in Triple-A Gwinnett, after the Braves took a chance on him in late August and sent cash to Baltimore for him when Brandon Beachy ...
Braves' Teheran set for crucial Game 3
LOS ANGELES – At this time last year Julio Teheran was 21 years old and coming off a wholly disappointing second season at Triple-A Gwinnett, where he’d gone 7-9 while posting a 5.08 ERA, which seemed almost incomprehensible for an uninjured young guy who’d previously been rated one of the ...
Teheran and Braves set for Game 3 at Dodger Stadium
The Braves did what they needed to do Friday in Atlanta, rebounding from a ragged and alarming performance in the division-series opener to play sound, inspired ball in a 4-3 win against the Dodgers to even the series at a game apiece. Now the best-of-five series has shifted to the ...
Kimbrel could see more four-out saves
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez used closer Craig Kimbrel for a four-out save in Game 2 and said Saturday he would feel comfortable doing it again Sunday in Game 3, if circumstances call for it. Gonzalez said the primary factors he’s taking into consideration are how much rest Kimbrel has had, ...
Freeman gets playoff homecoming
With the Braves playing the Dodgers in Games 3 and 4 of the division series in Los Angeles, Freddie Freeman will be playing his first ever road postseason games about 30 miles from the house where he grew up in Orange, Calif. Talk about convenience. Both of his older brothers, ...
Braves require an all grown-up Julio Teheran
The next stage in the gilding of Julio Teheran happens Sunday night, when the 22-year-old becomes the youngest Braves starter in a postseason game since Steve Avery in the early 1990s. Teheran had been measured for this moment since he was plucked from his native Colombia at the tender age ...
2013 postseason baseball schedule
Times for all games have not been announced: AL wild-card tiebreaker Rays 5, Rangers 2, Monday, Sept. 30 National League Wild Card Game Pirates 6, Reds 2, Tuesday, Oct. 1 American League Wild Card Game Rays 4, Indians 0, Wednesday, Oct. 2 American League Division Series 1 Game 1: Red ...
Braves quotes after Friday’s win against Dodgers
**ANDRELTON SIMMONS On his approach first at-bat “Try to stay calm, I’ve been seeing the ball well the last couple days, just trying to stay calm and make good contact.” On if though Avilan was coming to him on DP “No, I was hoping he’d go home. I know Crawford ...
Final division series game times announced
Braves fans will have to be night owls if this division series continues to a fourth game in Los Angeles on Monday. First pitch for a potential Game 4 between the Braves-Dodgers would be at 9:37 p.m. ET. Major League Baseball released the remainder of the division series schedule Friday. ...
Braves even series with riveting 4-3 win against Dodgers
When Jason Heyward lined a bases-loaded, two-out single up the middle in the seventh inning to put the Braves ahead 4-1, the Turner Field pressbox shook from clapping, foot-stomping fans who got what they came to see, though not without some late-innings consternation. Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run homer off ...
Kimbrel hitting 100 mph plus in Game 2 save
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel gets an adrenaline rush running in from the bullpen to save a game in April. So being called on to make a four-out save for only the third time in his career in a virtual must-win game in the division series against the Dodgers? He was ...
Avilan calls double play “coolest moment”
In his wildest dreams, Luis Avilan never figured he would make his first mark in postseason play with his glove. The 24-year-old native of Venezuela is a gifted left-hander who throws 95 mph plus. But with a 2-1 lead on the line in Game 2 of the division series, and ...
Double plays doom Dodgers in NLDS Game 2
When Hanley Ramirez doubled to score a run in the first inning of Game 2 of the NLDS Friday, it felt as if the Dodgers might have the same kind of offensive eruption in as they did in Game 1 against the Braves. It didn’t happen that way, but Los ...
Heyward’s 2-out hit foils Dodgers’ lefty strategy
Left-handed batters hit a measly .131 against Dodgers left-handed reliever Paco Rodriguez this season, going 13-for-99. But when the Dodgers based some seventh-inning strategy on those numbers Friday night, Jason Heyward made them pay. Trailing 2-1 with two out and Atlanta runners on second and third bases, Dodgers manager Don ...
Mike Minor gives Braves ace-like start they needed
There are several questions that the manager of a division-winning baseball team generally faces in the days leading up to the first playoff game. But this isn’t usually one of them: Who’s you ace? Even if it’s not mandatory for a team to have a clear pecking order in the ...
Dodgers manager Mattingly’s moves draw scrutiny in NLDS Game 2
Don Mattingly won his postseason debut as Dodgers manager in Game 1 of the NLDS Thursday but he didn’t have to make many decisions because ace Clayton Kershaw dominated and his lineup hummed in a 6-1 victory against the Braves. Game 2 was tighter, though, and some of Mattingly’s late-game ...
Heyward comes up big as Braves even series with 4-3 win over Dodgers
When Jason Heyward lined a bases-loaded, two-out single up the middle in the seventh inning to put the Braves ahead 4-1, the Turner Field pressbox shook from clapping, foot-stomping fans who got what they came to see, though not without some late-innings consternation. Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run ...
Breaking down the Braves' vital Game 2 win
These short takes are an adjunct to the column off Game 2 of the Braves-Dodgers series -- the Braves won 4-3, in case you haven't heard -- that is available on myajc.com, our premium site. 1. Mike Minor took a giant step forward. Working his first playoff game, the Braves' ...
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Game 3 Review
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Garcia brings experience to Game 4 start
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Teheran and Braves set for Game 3 at Dodger Stadium
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Braves require an all grown-up Julio Teheran
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