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Freeman helps Braves beat Marlins, 3-2, in 10 innings

russkistil — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:36:53 +0000

[unable to retrieve full-text content]MIAMI — Freddie Freeman singled home Chipper Jones’ the go-ahead run in the 10th inning Wednesday night, and the Atlanta Braves extended the Florida Marlins’ losing streak to seven games by winning, 3-2. The Braves’ Derek Lowe took a no-hitter into the seventh before he tired. Lowe gave up two hits and no runs in 6 2/3 innings. The Marlins went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and are 8 …

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Braves fall in 11 innings this time

HizPreesserizl — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:09:31 +0000

PHOENIX â€“ This time, 11 innings wasn’t the winning formula for the Atlanta Braves.

A day after the Braves earned a 3-1 victory in 11 at home, closer Craig Kimbrel faltered in the bottom of the 11th Wednesday, allowing the Arizona Diamondbacks to score twice and rally for a 5-4 win.

Ryan Roberts’ single back through the box in the 11th went off Kimbrel’s glove and just out of the reach of second baseman Dan Uggla. Roberts moved to third base on the game-tying single by Kelly Johnson, and scored the winning run on Justin Upton’s ground ball.

“That’s just the way it goes sometimes,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “You can’t run the clock out. You’ve got to throw the ball over the plate and the kid (Kimbrel’s) trying to make play there, the ball up the middle, it’s a double-play ball. But you can’t fault him for that.”

The loss ended the Braves’ four-game winning streak as Kimbrel blew his fourth save chance in 15 opportunities.

“I should have made the play,” Kimbrel said of the deflection.

With the Braves trailing 2-1 in the seventh, Brooks Conrad delivered a game-tying RBI double. He then scored on Martin Prado’s sacrifice fly. The Diamondbacks tied it in the bottom half of the inning, Roberts scoring from second base on a wild pitch by reliever Scott Proctor.

Diamondbacks starter Joe Saunders pitched six innings and allowed a run on seven hits. Saunders is winless in nine starts this season.

Two outfield assists in the same inning by left fielder Gerardo Parra kept Arizona within striking distance. Parra prevented a potential big inning in the sixth after the Braves put runners on second and third with no out.

Brian McCann hit a fly ball that Parra tracked down before it went over his head and off the wall, a sacrifice fly that scored Jason Heyward. Chipper Jones broke for third with Parra backtracking, and the left-fielder threw him out trying to advance.

“He got the best of us there,” Jones said of Parra. “It’s always odd when we play here … this is kind of like our Yankee Stadium. It’s a house of horrors.”

Saunders walked Uggla, who tried to take third base on Freddie Freeman’s single to shallow left. Parra threw out Uggla and ran off the field pumping his fist. Parra became the first Diamondbacks outfielder to record two assists in one inning.

The Diamondbacks scored the game’s first two runs, the first on Upton’s solo home run in the first and the second on a run-scoring single by Roberts in the fourth.

Prado’s single to start the game gave him a 10-game hitting streak. Braves starter Julio Teheran, recalled from the minors earlier Wednesday, got through only four innings and is expected to be sent back to Triple-A.

Notes: The Diamondbacks made roster moves before Wednesday’s game after designating pitcher Armando Galarraga for assignment late Tuesday. Infielder Sean Burroughs, out of pro baseball since June 2007, was selected from Triple-A Reno, and Arizona reinstated utility player Willie Bloomquist from the 15-day disabled list. … 3B Melvin Mora was placed on the bereavement list with no timetable set for his return. … Burroughs said he shed some tears of emotion when he got the call to join the Diamondbacks. “It’s been a long journey. I’ve been through a lot. A lot of ups, a lot of downs,” he said. “If you’d have told me 12, 14 months ago that I’d be playing baseball in general anywhere I don’t know if I would believe you.” … Manager Kirk Gibson has to find a new starting pitcher for Saturday, which would have been Galarraga’s turn in the rotation. He said he has yet to talk to general manager Kevin Towers about what exactly will be done, but didn’t rule out an external candidate not currently on the major-league roster. … Braves RHP Cory Gearrin was optioned to AAA Gwinnett to make room for Teheran. … RHP Peter Moylan will see Los Angeles physician Dr. Robert Watkins for further evaluation Friday after having had surgery on his lower back Tuesday.

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Braves-Nationals open three-game series tonight

hirlPeseProra — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:09:17 +0000

Posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:50 am
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Updated: 11:53 am, Tue May 10, 2011.

The Atlanta Braves will open a three-game series against the
Washington Nationals tonight at Turner Field.

The teams will meet at 6 tonight, Wednesday night and Thursday
night.

SportSouth will televise all three games.

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2011 Atlanta Braves schedule

Meellaerronse — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:31:22 +0000

Published: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 3:16 a.m.

April

2 at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

3 at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

4 at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

5 at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

6 at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

7 at Milwaukee, 1:40 p.m.

8 Philadelphia, 7:35 p.m.

9 Philadelphia, 1:10 p.m.

10 Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

12 Florida, 7:10 p.m.

13 Florida, 7:10 p.m.

14 Florida, 7:10 p.m.

15 N.Y. Mets, 7:35 p.m.

16 N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

17 N.Y. Mets, 1:35 p.m.

18 at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

19 at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

20 at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

21 at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

22 at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

23 at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.

24 at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

25 at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

26 at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

27 at San Diego, 3:35 p.m.

29 St. Louis, 7:10 p.m.

30 St. Louis, 1:10 p.m.

May

1 St. Louis, 1:35 p.m.

2 Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

3 Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

4 Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

5 Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

6 at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

7 at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

8 at Philadelphia, 8:05 p.m.

10 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

11 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

12 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

13 Philadelphia, 7:35 p.m.

14 Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

15 Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

16 Houston, 7:10 p.m.

17 Houston, 1:05 p.m.

18 at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

19 at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

20 at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

21 at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

22 at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

24 at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

25 at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

27 Cincinnati, 7:35 p.m.

28 Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

29 Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

30 San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

31 San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

June

1 San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

3 at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

4 at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

5 at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

7 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

8 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

9 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

10 at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

11 at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

12 at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

13 at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

14 N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

15 N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

16 N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

17 Texas, 7:35 p.m.

18 Texas, 4:10 p.m.

19 Texas, 1:35 p.m.

20 Toronto, 7:10 p.m.

21 Toronto, 7:10 p.m.

22 Toronto, 1:05 p.m.

24 at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

25 at San Diego, 8:35 p.m.

26 at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

27 at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

28 at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

29 at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.

July

1 Baltimore, 7:35 p.m.

2 Baltimore, 7:10 p.m.

3 Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.

4 Colorado, 7:10 p.m.

5 Colorado, 7:10 p.m.

6 Colorado, 7:10 p.m.

7 Colorado, 1:05 p.m.

8 at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

9 at Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m.

10 at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

15 Washington, 7:35 p.m.

16 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

17 Washington, 1:35 p.m.

18 at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

19 at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

20 at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

21 at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

22 at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

23 at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

24 at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

25 Pittsburgh, 7:10 p.m.

26 Pittsburgh, 7:10 p.m.

27 Pittsburgh, 7:10 p.m.

28 Pittsburgh, 7:10 p.m.

29 Florida, 7:35 p.m.

30 Florida, 7:10 p.m.

31 Florida, 1:35 p.m.

August

1 at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

2 at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

3 at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

5 at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

6 at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

7 at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

8 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

9 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

10 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

12 Chicago Cubs, 7:35 p.m.

13 Chicago Cubs, 7:10 p.m.

14 Chicago Cubs, 1:35 p.m.

15 San Francisco, 7:10 p.m.

16 San Francisco, 7:10 p.m.

17 San Francisco, 7:10 p.m.

18 San Francisco, 7:10 p.m.

19 Arizona, 7:35 p.m.

20 Arizona, 7:10 p.m.

21 Arizona, 1:35 p.m.

22 at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

23 at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

24 at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

25 at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

26 at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

27 at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

28 at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

30 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

31 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

September

1 Washington, 7:10 p.m.

2 L.A. Dodgers, 7:35 p.m.

3 L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

4 L.A. Dodgers, 1:35 p.m.

5 at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

6 at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

7 at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

9 at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

10 at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

11 at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

12 Florida, 7:10 p.m.

13 Florida, 7:10 p.m.

14 Florida, 12:05 p.m.

16 N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

17 N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

18 N.Y. Mets, 1:35 p.m.

19 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

20 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

21 at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

23 at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

24 at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

25 at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

26 Philadelphia, 7:10 p.m.

27 Philadelphia, 7:10 p.m.

28 Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m.

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Luis Salazar returns to Atlanta Braves camp after losing eye

HarveyBoumumPhymN — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:24:44 +0000

Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 7:16 PM Â Â Â Updated: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 7:22 PM

KISSIMMEE, Florida– Atlanta Braves minor-league manager Luis Salazar returned to camp Wednesday, two weeks after being struck in the face by a foul ball and losing his left eye.

“I’m very fortunate to be alive,” Salazar said. “God gave me a second chance in this life, and I’m going to take advantage of it.”

He hopes to join his Class A Lynchburg team in April near the start of the Carolina League season.

Salazar was standing on the top step of the dugout when he was struck by Brian McCann’s line drive during the first inning of the game against the St. Louis Cardinals on March 9. He was knocked unconscious and airlifted to the hospital.

Doctors could not save Salazar’s eye, and it was removed on March 15. After a week in an Orlando hospital, he spent a week at his home in Boca Raton, Fla.

“I feel really good and this is a big day for me,” Salazar said after meeting with Braves players and staff. “I shook hands with all my friends.”

McCann visited Salazar several times after the injury.

“Brian McCann is a very sensitive kid, and he was worried about my health,” Salazar said. “We talked for about three hours. I told him what happened could happen to anybody. I told him move on and forget the incident.”

The 54-year-old Salazar said he’s probably two to three weeks away from resume his minor-league duties. “I’ll take it day by day,” he said. “But I’ll be fine.”

Salazar, who played 13 years in the major, is in his first year in the Braves organization. He was invited to camp early to familiarize himself with how the Braves run their major league camp and was helping out during exhibition games.

Salazar doesn’t remember much of what happened. At first, it was feared that he had stopped breathing.

“Nothing is wrong with my brain,” Salazar said. “That is the greatest news that I heard.”

The native of Venezuela said he appreciated the prayers and well wishes of those in baseball and beyond.

“I appreciate everyone who prayed for me,” Salazar said. “A lot of people care about me. In difficult times, that is when good friends show up. And that is what happened to me.”

McCann is amazed at his resilience.

“His attitude is off the charts,” McCann said. “He’s looking at (losing his eye) as a positive with what could have happened. He’s alive. That’s the most important thing.”

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Braves Coach Airlifted to Hospital

maxTraita — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:17:22 +0000

Updated: Wednesday, 09 Mar 2011, 7:08 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 09 Mar 2011, 7:08 PM EST

(FOX Sports South) – Luis Salazar, the manager of an Atlanta Braves’ minor league club, suffered numerous facial fractures Wednesday after being hit with a line drive off the bat of catcher Brian McCann.

Salazar is communicating with doctors and family after being unconscious when he was taken from Champions Field by ambulance and quickly airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center — a sight that left both athletes and fans somber.

Salazar, 54, was knocked unconscious in the first inning of the Braves’ spring game against the St. Louis Cardinals. He was standing on the top step of the Braves’ dugout, alongside several other players and coaches, when McCann’s scorching line drive caught him by surprise.

The game was halted for 15 minutes while he was lifted out of the dugout on a stretcher and into a waiting ambulance.

“I think everyone was just in shock,” said Braves general manager Frank Wren. “We feel fortunate and blessed now that Luis is alive and responding to his family at the hospital. The scans have been positive to this point.”

Onlookers in the dugout said Salazar had blood coming from both his mouth and nose and that his eyes swelled up and closed almost immediately.

“It was awful. He was knocked out the minute the ball hit him,” said Braves veteran Chipper Jones, who was standing on first base when it happened. “A ball hit that hard, from that close a distance could kill you. And for a while, we weren’t sure. I’ve seen a guy get hit in the nose with a 90 mph fast ball, and that was the worst on-field accident I had seen — before today.”

Wren said the Braves considered canceling the game because the situation looked so dire when Salazar was put in the ambulance. Play resumed shortly after the ambulance left the field, but there was a hushed tone throughout the stadium at Disney’s Wide World of Sports.

McCann, who looked shaken by the scene, returned to the plate and immediately took a called third strike, then took himself out of the game. He went immediately to the hospital to check on Salazar, whose son was at the game.

“It was pretty sickening to see, the way he fell,” said Kyle Lohse, who was pitching for the Cardinals in that first inning. “It shook up everyone who saw it. The ball just went off his face. It was hard for everyone to get re-focused after that.”

Salazar is in his first year with the Braves organization but his ninth as a minor league manager in baseball. He is currently the manager of the Braves’ Class A Lynchburg Hillcats.

Salazar played 13 seasons in the Major Leagues, with the Padres, White Sox, Tigers and Cubs.

Braves’ Salazar has surgery after getting hit

EnalfRalf — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:28:25 +0000

Atlanta Braves minor league manager Luis Salazar has undergone surgery and was scheduled for more after being hit in the face by Brian McCann’s foul liner while standing in the dugout during an exhibition game.

Salazar was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center after getting hit Wednesday.

Braves spokesman Brad Hainje said Thursday that Salazar underwent surgery Wednesday night and “he’s having more surgery today.”

Hainje said “it may be another day or two before we have final clarification on everything they had to do.”

Braves general manager Frank Wren said Salazar may have sustained a concussion and might have a facial fracture and damage around his left eye.

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Sports â€º Braves invite Kawakami to spring training

ViTaLxMaKeR — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:55:17 +0000

NEW YORK â€”

The Atlanta Braves on Wednesday named right-hander Kenshin Kawakami among 20 non-roster invitees to spring training. Kawakami had a rough 2010, going 1-10 with a 5.15 ERA in 18 games, 16 of them starts. He was sent to Triple-A Gwinnett in August while making just three major league appearances between July and September.

The 35-year-old hurler, who was removed from the 40-man roster after the season, will be in the final year of his three-year deal this term. Kawakami has gone 8-22 with a 4.32 ERA in 50 appearances (41 starts) since joining the Braves from the Chunichi Dragons in January 2009.

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Braves don’t let snow days slow them down

LoroPoura — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:38:56 +0000

ByÂ Mark BowmanÂ /Â MLB.comÂ |Â 01/12/11 4:36 PM EST

Downtown Atlanta was quiet and covered by ice on Tuesday.Â (David Goldman/AP)

ATLANTA — Looking to avoid the “cabin fever” sensation created by the effects of this week’s ice storm in Atlanta, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez and pitching coach Roger McDowell helped each other clean their respective driveways Tuesday afternoon.

Given a chance to escape their suburban Atlanta neighborhood Wednesday, Gonzalez and McDowell chose to take their new shoveling expertise elsewhere. In the process, they quickly learned that not all driveways are created equal.

“I’ve got your headline for tomorrow: ‘Pitching coach dead from exhaustion,’” McDowell said. “We didn’t realize how big skipper’s driveway was.”

Having escaped Atlanta a few hours before the snow and ice arrived Sunday, former Braves manager Bobby Cox was sitting under the sun in Mexico on Wednesday afternoon while Gonzalez and McDowell were cleaning his driveway by ridding it of some of the ice that blanketed and paralyzed Atlanta through the early portion of this week.

As the roads started to improve Wednesday, Gonzalez was already starting to make plans to drive to Turner Field on Thursday to interact with some of the club’s other members and likely watch Chipper Jones take batting practice.

Jones was encouraged on Friday, when he took batting practice for the first time since tearing the ACL in his left knee in August. Gonzalez had initially planned to get his first glimpse of Jones on Monday.

But like most of Atlanta’s other residents, Jones has remained close to home the past couple of days, unable to do some of the things he had planned. The 38-year-old third baseman has at least been able to take advantage of the weights and treadmill in the exercise room of his suburban Atlanta home.

“It’s good that I’ve been able to spend an hour or two down there every day,” Jones said. “But I’m getting kind of feverish and want to get out there and run, take some swings and run some sprints. If I tried to run a sprint in my neighborhood right now, I’d bust my butt.”

The icy hills that exist in Jones’ neighborhood might have delayed some of his outdoor rehab work. But he says his children have enjoyed the sledding opportunities the terrain has provided them this week.

“We’ve got some big hills and some big driveways in this neighborhood,” Jones said. “There’s some good sledding out there.”

These certainly weren’t the conditions that Braves right-handed reliever Peter Moylan was expecting to see when he returned from his native Australia last week.

When the icy conditions essentially brought Atlanta to a standstill Monday, Moylan tweeted, “So how does this work, are all the shops closed? Is anyone in ATL working?”

By the time Thursday arrives, Jones and many of Atlanta’s other citizens would like to count themselves lucky enough to start working again.

As for Gonzalez and McDowell, they’re simply happy they won’t have to shovel Cox’s spacious driveway again any time soon.

Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Braves' Freeman has thumb sprain

Esorosync — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:59:00 +0000

Braves prospect Freddie Freeman is expected to miss about a week in the Arizona Fall League after an MRI on Wednesday revealed a sprain in his thumb.

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Disappointment of the Week: Bobby Cox’s career comes to an end

ZenKiveobjevique — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:23:52 +0000

When the 2010 Atlanta Braves season ended on Monday night, so too did the career of longtime manager Bobby Cox.

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Braves transition from Cox to Gonzalez

chuckteam — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:47:39 +0000

The Atlanta Braves made it official on Wednesday and named Fredi Gonzalez as the successor to retiring manager Bobby Cox.

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Atlanta Braves name Gonzalez as new manager

Delivorync — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:22:00 +0000

The Atlanta Braves unveiled Fredi Gonzalez as their new manager on Wednesday to replace Bobby Cox, the revered skipper who won five pennants and a World Series during an illustrious 25-year tenure.

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After playoff hiatus, McCann ready to jump in

bulmibraria — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:53:00 +0000

Brian McCann arrived at AT&T Park on Wednesday afternoon, five years older and excited about the fact that for the first time since that memorable 2005 season, he and the Braves are once again back in the postseason.

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Chipper likens Doc to Maddux after no-no

bulmibraria — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:19:03 +0000

After watching Phillies ace Roy Halladay toss a no-hitter against the Reds in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday afternoon, Chipper Jones took time to compare Halladay to Greg Maddux.

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