Chris Capuano

RHP Matt Magill (0-0, 6.92) will be making his first career start against Atlanta. The rookie's last appearance came on May 10 in a 5-4 loss to Miami., when he allowed three runs in five innings. Control has been a problem: Magill has allowed 10 runs...

ATLANTA _ The bottom-line reason that the Braves are carrying three catchers on their roster is because one of them, Evan Gattis, is capable of hitting a game-changing home run at any time. The big rookie with the splendid nickname _ El Oso Blanco,...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Braves 3, Dodgers 1 Braves 3, Dodgers 1: Evan Gattis and Andrelton Simmons hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning as host Atlanta rallied to beat Los Angeles for the second straight night. After fouling off three...

The Sports Xchange By Stan Awtrey, The Sports Xchange Braves 3, Dodgers 1 ATLANTA -- Pinch hitter Evan Gattis drilled a long two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on...

Gattis comes through in pinch as Braves win ATLANTA -- Evan Gattis showed again Saturday that he has a flair for the dramatic. The Atlanta rookie breathed some life into a lackluster offense when he drilled a two-run pinch-hit home run well into the...

addCustomPlayer('1drr8hgbwtwc61k2k1o5yw4ec9', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1drr8hgbwtwc61k2k1o5yw4ec9', 'eplayer15'); ATLANTA — More than a quarter of the season is complete. The losses are continuing to mount. But in the wake of a come-from-ahead, 3-...

The Atlanta Braves haven't lost a series at Turner Field all season - and they haven't played many there. The Braves will try to ring up another series victory in their home park when they host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second contest of a three-game...

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 MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Even as he emerged from a slow start, something has been missing from Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp's game -- power. Through the first 39 games of the season and 164 plate...

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH The Dodgers' still can't get their starting rotation at full strength. But they finally have the strength of the rotation back together. Veteran RHP Josh Beckett went on the disabled list Wednesday...

Zack Greinke returned to the Dodgers' rotation this week, recovering from surgery on his left shoulder in five weeks, three ahead of schedule. Hanley Ramirez came back last month from a broken thumb two weeks earlier than expected. But head trainer...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH More than a week ago, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he was "thinking about" dropping Brandon League from the closer role. After a couple more shaky outings by League, he is...