Developers have asked Gwinnett County for permission to scale back a large commercial center at Coolray Field and build more apartments instead, altering a concept county officials used to justify spending $64 million on the baseball stadium. Plans for property surrounding the Lawrenceville stadium, built to lure an Atlanta Braves minor league team from Richmond, originally called for 351,000 square feet of commercial space and 610 upscale residential units.

With the temperature balmy but bearable and a pleasant breeze wafting in from center field, Saturday Aug. 13 was a great night for baseball at Coolray Field. The Gwinnett Braves, taking on the Pawtucket Red Sox, were two games out of first place. Playoff tickets would go on sale the following Monday.

The Atlanta Braves will host a watch party June 25 at Suwanee’s Town Center Park for their game against San Diego. Festivities will start at 6:30 p.m. and first pitch is set for 8:30 p.m. Parking is available at Town Center and along Main Street, which is accessible to the park via a pedestrian tunnel.

After a month-long stint on the Atlanta Braves’ disabled list, Brandon Beachy made a rehab start for the Gwinnett Braves on Thursday night. It was Beachy’s first outing since injuring his oblique in an at-bat against Philadelphia on May 13. “I felt like my normal self,” Beachy said.

HOUSTON Just three days after taking his first swings in nearly three weeks, Braves right fielder Jason Heyward began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday night. It went well. He doubled in the first inning at Indianapolis. He later popped out, walked and grounded out.

Jose Constanza remained hot with the bat, but his Gwinnett Braves couldn't capitalize, losing to the Indianapolis Indians 4-3 on Sunday at Victory Field in Indianapolis. Constanza, the G-Braves' center fielder, went 4-for-5, improving his average to .

The Gwinnett Braves took three of four games in grand fashion from the Buffalo Bison, as Mauro Gomez hit a home-run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Braves to a 4-3 win and put the team above .500.  The Braves (29-28) led early, as Stefan Gartrell hit his fourth homerun in three days, a two-run shot that put the Braves ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning.

Tim and Kim Hudson heard the calling. It started as a whisper at a chance meeting with a Make-A-Wish Foundation event in California when the Braves pitcher was with the Oakland A’s. By the time Hudson was traded to Atlanta in 2004, the whisper became a loud voice that the couple could not ignore.

Born 22 days apart, they were diamond rivals starting at age 14, recruited by Clemson University and drafted in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Packaged as the future of their respective franchises, Jeremy Hermida and Jeff Francoeur made their debuts in the summer of 2005.

A day after the Columbus Clippers roughed up Gwinnett's pitching ace, the visiting Braves returned the favor. On Sunday night in Ohio, the G-Braves scored nine earned runs off Yohan Pino on their way to an 11-7 victory. Pino (7-4), tied for the Columbus lead in pitching victories, couldn't hold onto a 3-0 advantage.

The first four batters in the lineup supplied two hits each and staff pitching ace Tim Gustafson turned in another strong outing, leading the Gwinnett Braves to a 7-2 win over Buffalo on Monday night at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. Gustafson (7-4), who leads the team in victories, went six innings, giving up a run while scattering five hits.

Jair Jurrgens didn't last long, but the Gwinnett Braves were good for nine innings, pulling out a 7-2 victory on Monday night at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. Joe Thurston's two-run double broke a 2-2 tie and highlighted a five-run eighth inning for the G-Braves (29-35).

LAWRENCEVILLE -- When Jair Jurrjens looks 38 miles south to Turner Field, he sees a much different team than the one he left on April 29. On that night, Jurrjens was removed with a hamstring injury just one inning into a game the Braves eventually would lose to the Cardinals for their ninth consecutive loss.

The Gwinnett Braves patiently waited out a two-hour rain delay before playing the Durham Bulls on Sunday night in North Carolina. A rainout would have been so much easier on everyone's nerves in the visiting dugout. The G-Braves let a four-run, first-inning lead fritter away and then gave up a six-run fourth to Durham on their way to a sloppy 13-6 loss.

Todd Redmond of the Gwinnett Braves pitched a no-hitter Friday night, as the G-Braves defeated host Louisville 4-0. Redmond took a perfect game into the sixth inning, when he walked two batters, both former Atlanta Braves. With one out, he walked Corky Miller.

The Gwinnett Braves used a strong pitching performance by James Parr and timely hitting by Freddie Freeman to beat Pawtucket 4-2 and win their fifth consecutive game on Monday night at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. Parr (2-2) tired and was lifted with two on and two outs in the seventh inning, holding a 3-0 lead.

The Gwinnett bullpen let a 1-1 tie slip away in the sixth inning by giving up four runs and the Braves suffered an 8-2 defeat to the Charlotte Knights on Sunday at Coolray Field. Reliever Cristhian Martinez, making his first appearance since he was claimed off waivers from the Marlins and optioned by the Braves, allowed the first two runs.

A Gwinnett Braves pitcher charged with soliciting a prostitute in Florida was released on a $10,000 bond Friday. Within hours, the Braves announced that right-handed pitcher Duente Heath had been suspended indefinitely. "The club is continuing to gather information regarding the charges against him in Osceola County, Fla.

The Atlanta Braves have signed a multi-million dollar deal with a Marietta firm for naming rights to the Gwinnett Braves ballpark in Lawrenceville. The 16-year deal with Coolray Heating and Cooling will ultimately mean the county will get about a $4.5-million share over the life of the contract, county officials said.

Gwinnett County, which had predicted $200,000 in revenue from Gwinnett Braves parking proceeds this year, received a check for $9,188 to cover parking from May-September.

At halftime of a football game that it trailed 28-0, Duluth High found a reason for celebration Friday night in two famous alumni. Braves catcher Brian McCann and Red Sox shortstop Nick Green had their baseball jerseys retired in a midfield ceremony. McCann (No.

Bruce Baldwin steps down after 23 years with the Braves' Class AAA franchise.

Outfielder leads 16 Braves minor leaguers named the organization’s players and pitchers of the year.

Former major leaguer John Halama will start Game 1 for the Gwinnett Braves in their International League playoff series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. The best-of-five series starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Gwinnett Stadium. The G-Braves will face Romulo Sanchez Thursday.

The Braves' top prospect Jason Heyward is expected in uniform Saturday night.