Anthony Varvaro

Dodgers get first walk-off win of season, 2-1

2013-06-07 23:13:00

This Yasiel Puig craziness is getting so out of hand, Friday night the Dodgers managed their first walk-off victory of the season. Without a hit. While Puig the Amazing was busy working on his legend with his fourth home run in five games, the Dodgers...

Dodgers walk off with wild victory against Braves, 2-1

2013-06-07 22:34:00

The Dodgers won in walk-off fashion. And believe it or not, Yasiel Puig had nothing to do with the late-game heroics. He was standing in the on-deck circle as Juan Uribe stood at the plate with runners on the corners and one out. Braves reliever Anthony...

Catty's Recker homers as Mets sweep Braves

2013-06-18 20:09:37

SportsDirect Inc. Zack Wheeler fired six scoreless innings in his major-league debut and the visiting New York Mets blew open the game with a four-run eighth to cap a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves, 6-1. Wheeler (1-0), a metro Atlanta native...

Braves swept out at home

2013-06-19 00:00:00

ATLANTA Two Georgia boys had a big night Tuesday at Turner Field, but did it at the expense of the Braves. Mets prospect Zack Wheeler pitched six scoreless innings to win his major league debut, and Marlon Byrd had three hits in a 6-1 win against the...

Giants end road trip with loss to Braves

2013-06-17 00:00:00

ATLANTA The San Francisco Giants moved slowly and quietly late Sunday night as they headed for a long journey home. They were done with another losing trip, but it could have been so much different, manager Bruce Bochy said after a 3-0 loss to the Atlanta...

Despite positives, Braves swept out of San Diego

2013-06-12 19:20:03

SAN DIEGO The Atlanta Braves got a multihomer, ninth-inning rally in the series opener, a quality start from Tim Hudson in Game 2, a tape-measure, drought-ending homer from Justin Upton in the series finale Wednesday and more hits than the Padres in every...

Braves pound Magill, beat Dodgers

2013-06-09 18:35:04

LOS ANGELES When Clayton Kershaw, Hyun-jin Ryu or Zack Greinke start, the Dodgers are one of the best teams in baseball. When it's anyone else on the mound, the Dodgers are the worst. Sunday was an anyone-else day. Rookie right-hander Matt Magill...

Nationals overcome Strasburg injury, beat Braves

2013-05-31 20:26:00

Craig Stammen pitched four perfect innings after ace Stephen Strasburg left with a strained right oblique, Denard Span tripled and scored two runs, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday night. Strasburg lasted just two...

Jays blank Braves, 3-0

2013-05-29 20:35:05

ATLANTA If something could go wrong for Kris Medlen this season, it has. So maybe Wednesday night shouldn't have been a huge surprise. But Medlen's streak of hard luck culminated when he left his start at Turner Field after only two innings after...

Braves vs. Mets suspended after eight innings, to resume Saturday

2013-05-25 00:00:00

NEW YORK Evan Gattis got his first taste of the Big Apple on Friday night, and by now no one should've been surprised that he took a big bite. The rookie phenom's two-run, two-out, pinch-hit single in the eighth inning snapped a 3-all tie against the...

Braves use small-ball rally to complete sweep of Dodgers

2013-05-20 10:14:02

After struggling against a rookie pitcher with a bloated ERA -- does that sound familiar? -- and wasting scoring opportunities in the sixth and seventh innings, the Braves did something a lot of folks at soggy Turner Field probably weren't expecting...

Orioles' Jason Hammel loses no-hit bid in seventh inning

2012-06-16 18:20:00

ATLANTA – Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel took a no-hitter into the seventh inning tonight against the Braves tonight at Turner Field. Jason Heyward’s two-out single to left in the seventh inning broke up Hammel’s no-hit bid....

Skip Schumaker stole home -- and the game -- on a wild pitch by Anthony Varvaro, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday.

2013-06-07 00:00:00