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RHP Jordan Walden was placed on the disabled list Friday retroactive to May 12 because of shoulder inflammation. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said Walden felt discomfort pitching at San Francisco last Saturday and the Braves needed six healthy...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training game in Florida on...

The Sports Xchange Braves activate Heyward Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward was activated from the ddisabled list on Friday after being out since April 21 following an emergency appendectomy. Heyward missed 23 games, and was off to a slow start,...

The Sports Xchange MLB roundup: Pettitte headed to disabled list New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a strained left trapezious muscle, according to multiple reports Friday. The 40-year-old veteran left...

The Sports Xchange By Guy Curtright, The Sports Xchange Braves 8, Dodgers 5 ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start this season came through again on Friday night....

Upton's slam blasts Braves past Dodgers ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves finally had their regular lineup intact, but the player who had carried them to a good start came through again on Friday night. Justin Upton hit a no-doubt grand slam in the sixth...

The Atlanta Braves were the hottest team in baseball to start the season. Now they are barely hanging on to first place in the National League East. Slumping Atlanta enters Friday’s opener of a three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers having...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Just when Atlanta was ready to finally have its lineup intact for the first time this season, the Braves got the bad pitching news they feared. Left-handed reliever Jonny Venters will...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Jonny Venters hoped for the best. So, obviously, did the Braves. But it appears that the left-handed reliever may be headed to a second Tommy John elbow surgery. Venters will see Dr....

For more than two years, the Braves couldn't lose when pitcher Kris Medlen started. Now they can't seem to win when the right-hander starts. And Medlen is suddenly having a lot of trouble keeping balls in the park. He gave up eight hits, five runs...

The Sports Xchange Braves 10, Diamondbacks 1 PHOENIX -- Justin Upton celebrated his return to Arizona with his major-league-leading 13th home run, and he finished with four hits and two runs in the Atlanta Braves' 10-1 victory over the Arizona...

The Sports Xchange Braves' Upton homers in reunion with D-backs PHOENIX -- Justin Upton swore he treated his return to Arizona on Monday as just another game. In a manner of speaking, his teammates felt the same way. "Any night like this ... this is...