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After Matt Harvey set the bar insanely high by striking out 13 and taking a no hitter into the 7th inning in the first game of today's doubleheader, Zack Wheeler took the mound tonight looking to make an impact of his own.

One of the games of Tuesday's doubleheader with the New York Mets was to see the return of Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Brandon Beachy , who underwent Tommy John surgery around a year ago and has recently been rehabbing in the minor leagues.

Julio Teheran had yet another fine outing for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night.

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Madison Bumgarner held the Braves in check during much of Friday's game, and the Braves ended up with their 9th shutout loss of the season.

An off-day Thursday doomed Braves reliever Alex Wood to his most challenging appearance as a Major Leaguer in the seventh inning of Friday's 6-0 loss to the Giants.

Bumgarner was dominant in earning his second straight win. The left-hander did not allow a baserunner for 4 2-3 innings before losing his bid for a perfect game in the fifth and shot at a no-hitter in the sixth.

Anthony Varvaro was getting used to having an entire inning to himself, and his relief appearance in the 10th inning with the score tied last Friday against the Dodgers was supposed to be no different.

MLB Team Report - San Francisco Giants - INSIDE PITCH Matt Cain wasn't perfect, but he was darn good.

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The Braves are definitely glad to be home.

The term spot starter doesn't seem to do justice to what Stephen Fife has been able to provide to the Los Angeles Dodgers .

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick would have approved of the simple answers Braves general manager Frank Wren provided on Wednesday in response to questions about his team's rotation plans once Brandon Beachy returns next week.

Atlanta went 2-5 during the recent road trip, which featured stops in Los Angeles and San Diego.

Edinson Volquez struck out a season-high nine in seven innings as he rebounded from the worst start of his career and led the San Diego Padres to a 5-3 victory over the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves on Wednesday and a three-game sweep.

May 18, 2013; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Turner Field.

The Atlanta Braves are second in baseball in ERA and third in quality starts, and there's one big reason why: 6-foot-4 left-hander Mike Minor.

We're going to change things up a bit in this week's edition of the pitching report.

As the Braves concluded this past weekend's series against the Dodgers, 11 of the players on their 25-man roster had been acquired via the First-Year Player Draft.

Brandon Beachy is scheduled to make his last rehab start this Thursday for the Mississippi Braves in the Southern League with the timetable for his return to the Atlanta Braves scheduled for June 18 - his first MLB start since June 16 last season.

Let's pretend for a few minutes that you've just been named the new general manager of your favorite team.