David Ross News

After scoring 21 combined runs on Friday, the Gwinnett Braves and Rochester Red Wings plated six with the G-Braves coming out on top 4-2 in Saturday action at Coolray Field.

After splitting games with Drake in MCAL play, the Tam High baseball team was looking to edge out the MCAL champion Pirates when the two teams met in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section Division III playoffs at Albert Park on Saturday.

The Braves put 3B Chipper Jones on the DL on Saturday, a few hours after a hematoma was drained from his left leg.

The bruise on Chipper Jones shin has gotten so bad that it has prompted the Atlanta Braves to place the future Hall of Fame third baseman on the disabled list.

The Braves also planned to hold out Brian McCann against the Nationals for the fourth straight game with flulike symptoms before backup catcher David Ross left the game with a right groin strain.

Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo probably breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday upon hearing Chipper Jones and Brian McCann were out of the Braves lineup again, Jones due to a leg contusion and McCann because of sickness.

Following on yesterday's look at how the Braves might look at contract options and arbitration eligible players we come to the question on most fans' mind; will the Braves be able to sign Michael Bourn A or will he patrol greener pastures? Bourn isn't the only free agent question the Braves have and while the most of the rest aren't as high profile ... (more)

Jair Jurrjens had his second statistically poor start in a row for Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday, allowing 11 hits and seven runs with one walk and four strikeouts in 4-1/3 innings.

Max Scherzer struck out 15 - the most by a Detroit pitcher in 40 years - and the Tigers rallied for him with three runs in the seventh inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday.

Tim Hudson scattered four hits over 7 2-3 innings, David Ross homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 on Sunday.

When it comes time in mid September for talking heads to start complaining about unbalanced inter-league schedules, don't let anyone say that the Rays had it easy.

Chris Capuano is mixing his pitches well during his 18 2-3 scoreless innings streak for the Los Angeles Dodgers .

Nailed: Atlanta catcher David Ross tags out Chicago's Starlin Castro at home plate as he tried to complete an inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning on Wednesday.

Atlanta Braves "The shift won them the game today," said Braves third baseman Chipper Jones , who had two potential hits taken away by defenders aligned out of position, yet perfectly positioned.

Starlin Castro gets tagged out by Atlanta Braves catcher David Ross while trying to score on an inside-the-park-home run attempt in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

Tim Hudson was cruising before making the one mistake he could not afford to make on a day when the potent Braves offense was silent.

Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson pitches to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

The Braves have scored more runs than any other team in the majors this season, but their pitching had faltered a few too many times lately for anyone to feel entirely comfortable about the way things were headed.

Once the confetti finally settled in the aftermath of the Braves' four-hour, 11-inning, 28-run, 36-hit, is-that-really-Tim-Hudson-grabbing-a-bat marathon win over Philadelphia the night before, the Braves were left with one painful truth Thursday: The Phillies still own them.

Joe Blanton pitched a three-hitter for his first shutout in five years and Shane Victorino hit a two-run homer to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.