Jordan Schafer

Is the Dodgers' shaky defense a growing problem?

2013-05-18 14:27:00

The Dodgers have bullpen problems and hitting with runners in scoring position problems and health in the rotation problems. And one other little thing: They’re a lousy defensive team. This defensive trouble might come as a surprise. All three...

Dodgers, Paco Rodriguez get slammed by Justin Upton in 8-5 loss

2013-05-17 19:39:00

And there things were going so well. The Dodgers opened their six-game road trip Friday in Atlanta, survived a middling start by Hyun-Jin Ryu to jump out to a 4-2 lead after five innings. Then after a little bloop single and a fielding error by...

Dodgers' pen writes another bad ending in 8-5 loss to Braves

2013-05-17 23:03:00

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Medlen blows lead, then Braves rally to defeat Mets

2013-06-20 00:00:00

ATLANTA When Kris Medlen couldn't hold a multirun lead in the fifth inning Wednesday night, the Braves gave him another. And that time, Medlen made it stand. Chris Johnson hit a two-out, three-run homer in the fourth inning, and Jordan Schafer used his...

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...

Hudson's strong performance nullified by slamming Puig and Dodgers

2013-06-07 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES After wasting a strong pitching performance by Tim Hudson and failing to capitalize on a couple of late scoring opportunities, the Atlanta Braves had things blow up in their faces Thursday night when a Dodgers rookie earned his first curtain...

Embattled Upton singles in 10th to lift Braves over Nats

2013-06-01 20:16:00

B.J. Upton returned to the lineup and had two hits, including a game-ending single in the 10th inning that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. Upton, hitting only .145 at the start of the game, had been...

Upton delivers in Braves' thrilling victory over Nationals

2013-06-01 21:20:05

ATLANTA The Braves seldom have been happier to celebrate a walk-off win than Saturday night, when B.J. Upton shook off his season-long woes and delivered in the 10th inning. Upton hit a broken-bat single to right field with one out, scoring pinch-...

McCann's second homer of day is winner for Braves

2013-05-28 18:20:05

TORONTO Things didn't look good for the Braves after they scored three runs in the first inning Tuesday only to have Paul Maholm and a shaky defense give up four runs in the Blue Jays' half of the inning. There was more concern in the fourth, when Jose...

Lineup change helps spark Braves in rout of Blue Jays

2013-05-30 20:35:04

ATLANTA On a night when Fredi Gonzalez benched all three of his struggling boppers for the first time this season, their replacements started a three-run rally in the sixth inning that didn't stop until the Braves had run away with an 11-3 win over the...

Teheran flirts with no-hit bid in win over Pirates

2013-06-05 17:50:03

ATLANTA Julio Teheran has spent the past two years on the cusp of the major leagues, getting a taste of the action and little more. For the past two months, he's shown he belongs. On Wednesday afternoon Teheran served notice to the rest of the major...

Starting pitcher Matt Garza yells out after giving up a run-scoring single to the Astros' Jordan Schafer in the third inning.

2012-06-30 00:00:00

Jordan Schafer of the Houston Astros is caught stealing as Jose Reyes of the Miami Marlins applies the tag.

2012-04-15 00:00:00