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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Earlier this season, Freddie Freeman returned from an oblique strain in two weeks. The Braves hope Evan Gattis can do the same. The rookie slugger strained his side trying to check a...

MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH When the Braves need a run, there's no one they'd rather see at the plate than Freddie Freeman. The first baseman has proven to be the team's top clutch performer. Freeman has hit safely in the last...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The Atlanta Braves will give rookie left-hander Alex Wood his first major league start in Tuesday's split double-header against the New York Mets. Wood, who was a starter at the...

The Sports Xchange By Stan Awtrey, The Sports Xchange Braves 3, Giants 0 ATLANTA -- Right-hander Julio Teheran bounced back from one of his worst starts of the season to throw six shutout innings and pitch the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 win over the San...

Teheran, Braves blank Giants ATLANTA -- Rookie right-hander Julio Teheran is assembling more evidence that he deserves a permanent place in the Atlanta Braves' rotation. The rookie right-hander bounced back from one of his worst starts to throw six...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Justin Upton still leads all National League outfielders in fan voting for the All-Star Game, but he hasn't really been deserving of the support despite his red-hot start. After setting...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The Braves are definitely glad to be home. Even better, the worst of their road travel for the season is already over. Going into a weekend series against the San Francisco Giants to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy will make his last rehab start Thursday night, pitching for Triple-A Gwinnett at Rochester. It is also a given that the right-hander will start one of the games next...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Braves fans want to see Evan Gattis in the lineup more often, but the rookie slugger has quite an impact even when he isn't. With his three-run blast in the ninth inning Monday night in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Tim Hudson has a no-decision and a loss to show for his past two starts, but the veteran Braves right-hander appears back on track. That one of the outings came on the road is even more...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The pressure is on Julio Teheran and Paul Maholm. They are the only Braves starting pitchers not to have hit a home run this season. Kris Medlen joined Tim Hudson and Mike Minor when he...

The Dodgers won in walk-off fashion. And believe it or not, Yasiel Puig had nothing to do with the late-game heroics. He was standing in the on-deck circle as Juan Uribe stood at the plate with runners on the corners and one out. Braves reliever Anthony...