Jose Constanza News

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.

Nick Ahmed had a 5 hit day, Tommy La Stella And Ernesto Mejia each extended their hitting streaks to 13 games, Adrelton Simmons hit his second homer in 3 games, and David Filak's horrible start nearly doubled his season ERA.

Yohan Flande took the mound for the Gwinnett Braves against the Rochester Red Wings in the first game of a 10-game homestand and the southpaw had a solid outing, holding the Red Wings to a single run in seven innings of work, but the G-Braves bats were shut-down by Rochester starter Liam Hendriks as Gwinnett fell to Rochester 3-1 Thursday night at ... (more)

The Gwinnett Braves ended a four-game losing streak Sunday, and the team still is in first place in the International League South as another homestand nears.

It was a rough day for Atlanta's minor league affiliates, as all four teams took losses, completing the dreaded reverse organizational sweep.

Cole DeVries picked up his first win of the season with a strong eight inning effort, as the Red Wings beat the Gwinnett Braves 6-4 Saturday night at Frontier Field.

The Gwinnett Braves took both games of Friday night's doubleheader with Toledo at Coolray Field, beating the Mud Hens 3-2 in game one and 5-2 in game two.

Stefan Gartrell blasted his team-leading sixth home run of the season in the 10th inning Thursday, sending the Gwinnett Braves to a 5-3 walk-off victory over the Buffalo Bisons at Coolray Field.

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - After a brief stint with the Mets, Zach Lutz did what is expected from a big-league player.

Matt Lipka had a 4 hit, 2 steal day as part of an offensive explosion for Lynchburg in support of Aaron Northcrafts's excellent game, Sean Gilmartin tossed a rain shortened complete game, and Rome was no-hit. After reaching base 4 times in yesterday's game, Jose Constanza reached base 3 times tonight.

The Buffalo Bisons scored three times in the top of the eighth inning to overcome a two-run deficit and defeat the Gwinnett Braves 4-3 on Monday night at Coolray Field.

A promotion to AA couldn't keep Evan Gattis from making the Hot Sheet for the fourth straight week to start the season, but unfortunately Brandon Druy and Robby Hefflinger had the dubious honor of making the Not Hot Sheet for the second straight week.

Evan Gattis and Stefan Gartrell each homered again, Julio Teheran had a solid start, and Jose Constanza reached base 4 times.

How the winning run scored: Jose Constanza led off the game with a double, then came around to score on Stefan Gartrell's RBI single.

Evan Gattis homered again as Mississippi pounded out 10 runs, Matt Lipka and Nick Ahmed stayed hot in a walkoff win for Lynchburg, and Will Skinner hit his third homer in his last 6 games.

The Charlotte Knights scored in four of the first five innings and added a six-run seventh inning to rout the Gwinnett Braves, 11-2 on Saturday night at Coolray Field.

The Gwinnett Braves and Columbus Clippers faced off in the third of a four game set Thursday at Huntington Park with the home team using 11 hits, seven walks and four errors to defeat the G-Braves by a 12-8 count.

We had the dreaded reverse organizational sweep tonight, as the parent club and every minor league club took a loss today .

The Gwinnett Braves and Columbus Clippers resumed played on Wednesday night after a rain-suspension on Tuesday, and the two teams split a doubleheader with the G-Braves winning game one 7-4 and losing the second by a 3-2 score.

Gwinnett split a doubleheader with Gartrell homering in each game, Mississippi was postponed due to rain, Lynchburg lost despite a decent start from Northcraft, and Briceno got hammered for Rome despite a good day at the plate from Skinner.