Archive for May, 2007
Braves nearing injury updates on Chipper Jones, Smoltz (AP)
The Atlanta Braves are awaiting updates on injured stars Chipper Jones and John Smoltz before the team opens a weekend series against the Cubs in Chicago on Friday. The Braves will watch closely as Jones tests his sore right thumb and Smoltz finds out if a sore shoulder and finger hamper his ability to throw.
Posted: May 31st, 2007.
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Braves 9, Brewers 3 (AP)
Brian McCann quickly made up for his lapse. One inning after a run scored when he failed to block a pitch, McCann hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a seven-run eighth, and the Atlanta Braves beat Milwaukee 9-3 Wednesday to send the Brewers to their seventh loss in eight games. “One minute the ball gets [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Smoltz feels fine after playing catch (AP)
Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz felt fine after playing catch Wednesday before his team’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The 40-year-old right-hander left Tuesday night’s game in the fourth inning after aggravating a pinkie injury while batting and then feeling a tweak in his pitching shoulder while warming up on the mound.
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Braves RHP Smoltz leaves game with injury (PA SportsTicker)
It appears the Atlanta Braves and John Smoltz survived a scare.
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Brewers 5, Braves 4 (AP)
After an awful first inning, Ben Sheets reassured manager Ned Yost everything was OK. After leaving the game early with a couple of aches, John Smoltz said he was fine, too. Sheets brushed off a poor first inning, Prince Fielder hit his NL-leading 17th homer and J.J. Hardy added the go-ahead RBI single to lead [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2007.
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Five and Fly: Flat Brew (Yahoo! Sports)
About, oh, 20 minutes ago the Milwaukee Brewers were 25-11, eight games in front of the rest of the NL Central…
Posted: May 29th, 2007.
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Braves 2, Brewers 1 (AP)
Andruw Jones hit the 350th home run of his career, Chuck James tied a career high with eight strikeouts and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Monday. James (5-4), who went 11-4 as a rookie last season but had lost two of his past three decisions coming into Monday’s game, held Milwaukee [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2007.
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Bonds and Howard end home run droughts (AP)
Barry Bonds moved closer to Hank Aaron’s record, and then said he was done talking about it. Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run drought, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning of a 6-4, 10-inning loss against Colorado to pull within nine of Hammerin’ Hank’s career mark of 755. Unfortunately [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2007.
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Phillies 13, Braves 6 (AP)
Ryan Howard is back and the Philadelphia Phillies are moving up. Howard was 3-for-4 with a pair of two-run homers, Greg Dobbs added another two-run shot and the Phillies crushed the Atlanta Braves 13-6 on Sunday to complete their first sweep of the season. Howard and Dobbs hit two-run homers in the first before the [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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Cox draws 130th career ejection (AP)
Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox is one ejection shy of matching the career record after he was tossed from Saturday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Cox was ejected for the second straight game and the fifth time this season, leaving him one behind John McGraw’s record of 131. After Kelly Johnson led off the third [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2007.
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