Braves rained out; Miller gets another shot Sunday

By Staff

Oct 4, 2015

The Braves’ scheduled game against the Cardinals on Saturday night was rained out and will be made up as part of doubleheader Sunday.

The first game will begin at 1:10 p.m., and the second game is set to start about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

Shelby Miller will start the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader.

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Pierzynski comes through

When A.J. Pierzynski agreed to terms on a one-year, $2 million contract with the Braves on Christmas Eve, the team never imagined there could be so much comfort and joy – not to mention hits – left in the 18-year veteran catcher with a reputation for being ornery and irritable.

Nine months later, the 38-year-old signed to be a backup entered the final weekend of the season with a .300 average, nine homers and 49 RBIs in 436 plate appearances and 113 games, including 104 starts at catcher.

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When Javier “Javy” Lopez was growing up in Puerto Rico, he would practice baseball by hitting rocks off the metal roof of his house in Ponce. The loud noise, which used to drive his parents crazy, would eventually lead to Lopez putting his name in the major league record books for most home runs in a season by a catcher, when he hit 43 in his final season with the Braves in 2003. (Click here to read more)

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