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2 hrs ago | Rising Apple

6/18 Game 2 Recap: Mets Blast Braves 6-1 In Wheeler's Debut

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Brian McCann

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Rant Sports

Atlanta Braves Starter Brandon Beachy's Return from Tommy John Surgery Pushed Back

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Beachy, Baseball Players, Mike Minor, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, Tim Hudson

Rant Sports

Atlanta Braves Starting Rotation Might be Too Strong to Mess With

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mike Minor, Julio Teheran, Tim Hudson

Major League Baseball

Some of game's best pitchers starving for run support

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Clayton Kershaw, Matt Cain, George Kontos, Ricky Nolasco, R.A. Dickey

Talking Chop

Series Recap: Giants at Braves

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Freddie Freeman, Baseball Players, Madison Bumgarner, Sergio Romo, Julio Teheran, Andres Torres

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Atlanta Braves

Potential starter Wood has brush with adversity

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Beachy, Baseball Players, Jonny Venters, Buster Posey, Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Bumgarner dominates as Giants blank Braves 6-0

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Beachy, Baseball Players, Mike Minor, Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Crawford, San Francisco Giants, Major League Baseball

Atlanta Braves

Varvaro gets a taste of one-out relief work

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Anthony Varvaro, Brandon Beachy, Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

San Francisco Giants - TeamReport

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Madison Bumgarner, Baseball Players, Matt Cain, Ramon Ramirez

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Atlanta Braves - TeamReport

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

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Related Topix: Sports, National League, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, National League East, Mike Minor, Atlanta Braves, Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Rant Sports

Los Angeles Dodgers Starter Stephen Fife Faces Tough Foe in Jeff Locke

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Jeff Locke, Major League Baseball, Stephen Fife, Los Angeles Dodgers

Atlanta Braves

Braves yet to reveal who will lose rotation spot

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Beachy, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Atlanta Braves

After tough trip, Braves send Medlen against Giants

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Madison Bumgarner, Baseball Players, Jason Heyward, Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves

Boston.com

Volquez bounces back from bad start to beat Braves

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League, Major League Baseball, National League East, Baseball Players, National League West, Kyle Blanks, Logan Forsythe, Everth Cabrera

Tomahawk Take

Morning Chop: Braves 6/12

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Atlanta Braves, Evan Gattis, Jason Heyward

Sports Network

Minor's development

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mike Minor, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, Tim Hudson, Julio Teheran, Stephen Strasburg

Tue Jun 11, 2013

CNN

Pitching advice

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Michael Pineda, Jesus Montero, Zack Wheeler, Tony Cingrani

Atlanta Braves

Braves' pipeline teeming with big league talent

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mike Minor, Andrelton Simmons, Evan Gattis, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball

Rant Sports

Atlanta Braves Should Use Six-Man Rotation With Return Of Brandon Beachy

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Beachy, Baseball Players, Cory Gearrin, Craig Kimbrel, Anthony Varvaro, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball

BleacherReport

Projecting Each MLB Team's Pitching Ace 5 Years from Now

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

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Related Topix: Sports, Mike Minor